Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, 1799) Species
Last modified: Dec. 17, 2022, 11:30 a.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
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 28–32 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
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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