Xanthorhoe designata (Hufnagel, 1767) Species
Last modified: May 10, 2021, 9:48 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Larentiinae > Tribus: Xanthorhoini > Genus: Xanthorhoe > Species: Xanthorhoe designata
- Vernacular names
- Koolbandspanner (NL), Flame Carpet (EN), La Désignée (FR), Kohl-Blattspanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Xanthorhoe propugnata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- 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 17.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year from mid April till early June and again from late June towards mid September. They come to light.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants
The larva lives on a variety of cruciferous plants, a.o. Brassica spp. Hibernates as pupa in a cocoon among plant debris.
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