Macaria brunneata (Thunberg, 1784) Species
Last modified: Sept. 22, 2023, 8:57 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium, but can be locally fairly common, especially in the Kempen region.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Macariini > Genus: Macaria > Species: Macaria brunneata
- Vernacular names
- Bosbesbruintje (NL), Rannoch Looper (EN), La Fidonie à cinq raies (FR), Waldmoorspanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Macaria fulvaria (De Villers, 1789) and Macaria quinquaria (Hübner, 1822)
- 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 15 (as quinquaria). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 25–30 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The larvae hibernate usually as an egg and possibly sometimes as a pupa. They pupate just beneath the ground.
The males fly over the food plant by day from just before noon until late afternoon and later come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year from late May till late June.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Populus tremula
- Host plant (genera):
- Salix
The larva lives on Vaccinium, Salix or Populus tremula.
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