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Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, 1799) Species

Last modified: Sept. 13, 2023, 12:28 p.m.


A not so common and local species in Belgium, mainly known from the Kempen where it's common.


Details

Classification
Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Hypochrosini > Genus: Pachycnemia > Species: Pachycnemia hippocastanaria
Vernacular names
Grijze heispanner (NL), Horse Chestnut (EN), La Callunaire, la Pachycnémie des Callunes (FR), Schmalflügeliger Heidekrautspanner (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 18. view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 28–32 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a pupa.
The adults are active from dusk and later come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in two, sometimes three generations a year, sometimes from early February, but usual from early March till end August, occasionally till November.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Calluna

The larva lives on Calluna vulgaris. In literature, this species is known to be monophagous on Calluna, but there has been recent sightings of eating larvae on Salix cinerea.

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