Seq # 600160030

Isturgia murinaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Sept. 22, 2023, 8:51 p.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

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 the point of making the wings almost single-colored.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

The larva lives freely on the leaves.

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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...

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Habitat

It frequents sunny wastelands, hillsides etc...

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