Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: June 1, 2024, 2:48 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Lymantriinae > Tribus: Orgyiini > Genus: Orgyia > Subgenus: Orgyia > Species: Orgyia antiqua
- Vernacular names
- Witvlakvlinder (NL), Vapourer (EN), L'Etoilée, le Bombyx antique (FR), Schlehen-Bürstenspinner, Schlehen-Bürstenbinder (DE)
- Synonyms
- Orgyia gonostigma (Scopoli, 1763)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 28 (as Orgya [sic] Antiqua). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Bionomics
Hibernates as an egg, in a batch of several hundred on the outside of the empty cocoon of the female, attached to some part of the foodplant, or to a nearby fence, wall etc... The males are active during the daytime and later come occasionally to light. The females have vestigial wings and never leave their cocoons.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from mid-May till mid-October, occasionally later.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Deciduous trees and Shrubs
The larva lives on a wide variety of deciduous trees and shrubs.
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