Seq # 902210010

Anarta myrtilli (Linnaeus, 1761) Species

Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 11:57 a.m.


A fairly common species throughout Belgium in suitable habitats, with most observations in the Kempen.


Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Hadeninae > Tribus: Hadenini > Genus: Anarta > Subgenus: Anarta > Species: Anarta myrtilli
Vernacular names
Roodbont heide-uiltje (NL), Beautiful Yellow Underwing (EN), La Noctuelle de la Myrtille (FR), Heidekrauteulchen (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 14.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 20–22 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Caterpillar


Bionomics

The caterpillar mainly forages at night and rest during the day on the host plant.
Hibernates as a larva or as a puppa in a tough cocoon on or underground.
The adults are active during sunny days and later come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in two, sometimes three, hard to define generations a year from mid-April till well into October.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Erica cinerea, Calluna vulgaris and Erica tetralix

The larva lives mainly on Calluna vulgaris or Erica tetralix.

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Habitat

Heathlands on sandy soils.

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