Isturgia murinaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Dec. 8, 2024, 11:29 a.m.
A very rare and local species in LX. Not many observations known.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Macariini > Genus: Isturgia > Species: Isturgia murinaria
- Vernacular names
- Stippelklaverspanner (NL), La Fidonie du Trèfle (FR), Mausgrauer Esparsettenspanner (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 16. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 21–25 mm. It has yellowish-gray to ash wings, each with a more or less visible dark discal point, widely speckled with brown scales. It has more marked transverse lines in the female. This species is quite variable and the patterns can be faded to make the wings almost single-colored.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The larva lives freely on the leaves.
Flight periods
The adults are on the wing from late April to early June and again from late June till the beginning of September in two generations a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Onobrychis and Medicago
The oligophagous larva lives on Fabaceae like Esparcette, Onobrychis viciifolia, Trifolium, Vicia, Medicago, Lathyrus etc...
Habitat
It frequents sunny wastelands, hillsides etc...
