Athetis gluteosa (Treitschke, 1835) Species
Last modified: Sept. 15, 2023, 6:52 p.m.
This very rare and very local species has not been seen in NA for quite some time.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Caradrinini > Genus: Athetis > Subgenus: Athetis > Species: Athetis gluteosa
- Vernacular names
- Bleke stofuil (NL), L'Athétide du Fer-à-cheval (FR), Trockenrasen-Staubeule (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1864. Lépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune belge observés par E. Fologne. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 8: 273–276. On page 273.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 26–31 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The caterpillar overwinters.
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Flight periods
The moths fly from mid-June to mid-August.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants
The caterpillar is likely to live polyphagous on herbs and grasses close to the ground, they should prefer wilted or dead plant parts.
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Habitat
It inhabits dry warm habitats with a certain proportion of open ground as dry grasslands, rocks and gravel slopes with woods etc...
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