Aspitates gilvaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Jan. 21, 2023, 3:15 p.m.
A local and very rare species in the southern part of Belgium. It can be locally fairly common, especially in the limestone area.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Aspitatini > Genus: Aspitates > Subgenus: Aspitates > Species: Aspitates gilvaria
- Vernacular names
- Strogele spanner (NL), Straw Belle (EN), L'Aspilate jaunâtre (FR), Einstreifiger Trockenrasenspanner (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 15.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 29–31 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva lives on various herbaceous plants.
Hibernates as a small larva and pupates in a flimsy spinning among grass vegetation.
The adults are attracted to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in July and August in one generation a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Pastinaca sativa
- Host plant (genera):
- Potentilla and Thymus
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants
The larva lives on various herbaceous plants, e.g. Potentilla, Thymus.
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