Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790) Species
Last modified: May 7, 2024, 11 a.m.
A rare and local species in Belgium, nowadays only recorded from the south.
This species is considered Regionally Extinct according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Xylenini > Genus: Mniotype > Species: Mniotype adusta
- Vernacular names
- Adusta-uil (NL), Dark Brocade (EN), La Noctuelle aduste (FR), Rotbraune Waldrandeule (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 12.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 42–48 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as an fully grown larva in a cocoon underground where it pupates later. The adults come to light and to sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from early May till early August in one generation a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Calluna vulgaris and Myrica gale
- Host plant (genera):
- Silene and Alnus
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants, Grasses and Deciduous trees
The nocturnal larva lives on different trees, bushes, grasses and herbaceous plants like: Silene, Calluna vulgaris, Alnus, Myraca gale etc...
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