Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: June 17, 2025, 10:05 a.m.
A seldom recorded vagrant in Belgium, only 4 records till 1960. Recently from 2011 onwards there are a few records mainly in the north of Belgium. 2022 was a very good year with many observations almost throughout the country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Arctiinae > Tribus: Arctiini > Genus: Utetheisa > Species: Utetheisa pulchella
- Vernacular names
- Prachtbeer (NL), Common Speckled (EN), La Gentille, l'Ecaille du Myosotis (FR), Punktbär (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Maurissen 1874. Rapports, lectures, communications. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 17: xcvi–xcvii. On page xcvi (as Deiopeia pulchella). view page
- Status
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Migrant
A very rare recorded migrant in Belgium is not seen every year. Known observations on waarnemingen.be after 2000: 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (3), 2022 (47), 2023 (1), 2024 (4).
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
It hibernates as a small larva, but it is not able to survive our cold winters. They fly freely in the sunshine and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been recorded from March onwards till early November. All the Belgian specimens have been seen from late May towards late October.
