Panolis flammea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: June 30, 2022, 12:51 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Hadeninae > Tribus: Orthosiini > Genus: Panolis > Species: Panolis flammea
- Vernacular names
- Dennenuil (NL), Pine Beauty (EN), La Noctuelle du Pin (FR), Kieferneule, Forleule (DE)
- Synonyms
- Panolis griseovariegata (Goeze, 1781) and Panolis piniperda (Lang, 1782)
- 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 13.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 30–33 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a pupa in a flimsy cocoon in leaf litter or in a crevice in a tree trunk.
The adults come to light in small numbers and also feeds at sallow catkins.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from early March till May in one generation a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Pinus sylvestris, Pinus pinaster and Pinus contorta
The larva lives on Pinus sylvestris and on other Pinaceae.
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