Seq # 410010020

Adscita statices (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: March 3, 2024, 6:44 p.m.


A rather common species in the area between Antwerp, Brussels and Maastricht and in the southern part of Belgium, elsewhere rare.


Details

Classification
Family: Zygaenidae > Subfamily: Procridinae > Genus: Adscita > Species: Adscita statices
Vernacular names
Metaalvlinder (NL), Forester (EN), La Turquoise (de la Sarcille), le Procris de l'Oseille (FR), Ampfer-Grünwidderchen (DE)
Synonyms
Adscita heuseri (Reichl, 1964)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 23 (as Procris Statices). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Genitalia


Mine

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Bionomics

Hibernates as larva and pupates in a cocoon near the ground. The adults are active during the day, especially on sunny days when they visit flowers of various herbaceous plants like Trifolium, Echium vulgare and Carduus.

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Flight periods

The adults usually fly from mid-May towards late July, with a peak during June.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Rumex

The larva lives on Rumex acetosa and R. acetosella.

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Habitat

It inhabits particular humid meadows, like fens or in the margin areas of bogs, but also drier nutrient-poor grasslands with the larval host plant.

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