Seq # 901220060

Apamea illyria Freyer, 1846 Species

Last modified: March 21, 2024, 6:31 p.m.


A very rare species, only known from the southern, more mountaineous part of the country. The species was very much in expansion in the 1950s-1980s, but has become very rare over the last couple of decades, since 2000.


Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Apameini > Genus: Apamea > Species: Apamea illyria
Vernacular names
Tweekleurige grasuil (NL), L'Abromiade du Millet (FR), Zweifarbige Grasbüscheleule (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Laever E. 1956. Espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge (suite). — Lambillionea 56: 1, 58, 66–67. On page 66.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 30–36 mm. The most conspicuous feature is the very dark median band, bounded externally with a prominent double, white-centred post-median band. Reniform spot kidney shaped and edged with white externally.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a larva. The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing in May and June.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Dactylis glomerata and Calamagrostis epigejos
Substrates:
Grasses

The larva lives on a number of grasses from July onwards.

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