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Paradiarsia punicea (Hübner, 1803) Species

Last modified: Sept. 20, 2023, 2:05 p.m.


This very rare and local species has not been seen in the southern part of Belgium for a long time. Probably extinct.
Paradiarsia punicea is heavily endangered in central Europe. The main reason is as usual destroyment or decline in quality of habitat.


Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Noctuinae > Tribus: Noctuini > Genus: Paradiarsia > Species: Paradiarsia punicea
Vernacular names
Schaduwbreedvleugeluil (NL), La Diarsie grenadine (FR), Moorheiden-Bodeneule (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 11 (as Noctua punicea H.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 25–27 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

The larva hibernates in the penultimate instar. The larvae hided in the ground vegetation during daytime and could be beaten.
The adults come to light and sugar.

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Flight periods

Adults are on the wing from late May and July or even early August with a peak in the second half of June.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Caltha palustris
Host plant (genera):
Rubus, Taraxacum and Carex

The larvae are polyphagous in the herb layer and use a quite broad spectrum of herbs and grasses, occasionally probably also low-growing shrubs.
Rubus species are favoured, but also on Filipendula ulmaria, Valeriana officinalis etc...

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Habitat

It inhabits a broad variety of low nutrient-rich wetlands like small birch clear-cuts in moorlands, bushy woodland edges in humid, open forests, riparian woodlands and similar places.

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