Seq # 901510310

Agrochola ruticilla (Esper, 1791) Species

Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 10:43 a.m.


A very rare, local and declining species in Belgium, nowadays only known from the Kempen.


Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Xylenini > Genus: Agrochola > Subgenus: Spudaea > Species: Agrochola ruticilla
Vernacular names
Vroege eikenuil (NL), La Xanthie de l'Yeuse (FR), Graubraune Eichenbusch-Eule (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Derenne F. 1937. Espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge (suite). — Lambillionea 37: 243–247. On page 244.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 28–31 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates usually as a pupa in a tough cocoon. The adults come to light and sugar.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from mid-March till late April in one generation. Very occasionally, some adults come out during late autumn and spend the winter as an adult.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Quercus

The larva lives on Quercus.

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