Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808) Species
Last modified: Sept. 20, 2023, 2:07 p.m.
An uncommon and scarce migrant throughout Belgium, numbers vary from year to year.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Noctuinae > Tribus: Noctuini > Genus: Peridroma > Species: Peridroma saucia
- Vernacular names
- Blauwvleugeluil (NL), Pearly Underwing (EN), La Noctuelle blessée (FR), Grassteppen-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. view page
- Status
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Migrant In Belgium since October 1844.
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 45–56 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a larva, but usually it can not survive our winters.
The adults come to light and especially to sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two or three generations a year, depending on climat conditions from late April till the end of November, even sometimes till late December, but most specimens were seen during September and October.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Taraxacum, Rumex and Trifolium
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants
The larva lives on grasses and a variety of herbaceous plants like Taraxacum, Rumex,Trifolium etc...
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