Xestia triangulum (Hufnagel, 1766) Species
Last modified: Feb. 23, 2020, 10:32 a.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Noctuinae > Tribus: Noctuini > Genus: Xestia > Subgenus: Megasema > Species: Xestia triangulum
- Vernacular names
- Driehoekuil (NL), Double Square-spot (EN), La Noctuelle de la Chélidoine (FR), Triangel-Bodeneule (DE)
- Synonyms
- Xestia rhomboidea (Esper, 1790)
- 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 11. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Bionomics
The larva feeds at night and hides during the day low down near the ground. Hibernates as a larva and pupates in the ground. The adults come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: from end of May onwards till end of July.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Deciduous trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous plants
The larva lives on different species of herbaceous plants like Primula, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Anthriscus sylvestris and in spring also shrubs and trees as Prunus spinosa, Crataegus and Rubus idaeus are taken as food plants.
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