Seq # 603350020

Trichopteryx polycommata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: July 15, 2023, 3 p.m.


This very rare and local species flies in 3 separate locations in Belgium: at the northwestern coast, western Calestienne and the southernmost tip of LX.


Details

Classification
Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Larentiinae > Tribus: Trichopterygini > Genus: Trichopteryx > Species: Trichopteryx polycommata
Vernacular names
Ligusterblokspanner (NL), Barred Tooth-stripêd (EN), La Phalène du Troène, la Lobée des haies (FR), Gestrichelter Lappenspanner (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Lambillion L.-J. 1900–1913. Catalogue des Lépidoptères de Belgique. — Revue mensuelle de la Société entomologique namuroise Supplément: 1–464. On page 261.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 33–36 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as pupa in a cocoon underground.
The adults are active from dusk onwards and later comes to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in March and April in one generation a year.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Ligustrum vulgare
Host plant (genera):
Fraxinus

The larva lives on Ligustrum and Fraxinus.

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