Cabera exanthemata (Scopoli, 1763) Species
Last modified: Oct. 4, 2025, 5:03 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Caberini > Genus: Cabera > Species: Cabera exanthemata
- Vernacular names
- Bruine grijsbandspanner (NL), Common Wave (EN), La Cabère pustulée (FR), Braunstirn-Weißspanner (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 18 (as Cabera exanthemaria Esp.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 30–35 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a pupa among plant debris or on the upper surface of the soil.
The moths come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two, difficult to separate, generations a year from late April till mid-September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Populus tremula
- Host plant (genera):
- Salix
The larva lives on Salix or Populus.
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