Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, noon
A common species throughout Belgium.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Larentiinae > Tribus: Xanthorhoini > Genus: Xanthorhoe > Species: Xanthorhoe fluctuata
- Vernacular names
- Zwartbandspanner (NL), Garden Carpet (EN), L'Incertaine, la Phalène ondée (FR), Garten-Blattspanner (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 18 (as Melanthia fluctuaria L.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 18–28 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as pupa in the ground.
They are active from dusk onwards and later come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two or three hard-to-distinguish generations a year from mid-April till late October, occasionally later.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Diplotaxis tenuifolia and Alliaria petiolata
The larva lives on a different species of Cruciferae.
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