Pseudoips prasinana (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Dec. 9, 2024, 1:41 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nolidae > Subfamily: Chloephorinae > Tribus: Chloephorini > Genus: Pseudoips > Species: Pseudoips prasinana
- Vernacular names
- Zilveren groenuil (NL), Green Silver-lines (EN), La Halias du Hêtre (FR), Jägerhütchen, Buchen-Kahnspinner (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 20 (as Halias prasinana L.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a pupa, in a tough boat-shaped cocoon either on the underside of a leaf of the food plant or in a bark crevice. The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly usually in one generation a year from May till the beginning of July. In favorite conditions, a smaller second generation occurs from the end of July till the beginning of September.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus
The larva lives mainly on Quercus or Betula, but also on other deciduous trees including Ulmus, Corylus and Populus tremulus.
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