Seq # 601080020

Cabera pusaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: May 16, 2024, 12:19 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 pusaria
Vernacular names
Witte grijsbandspanner (NL), Common White Wave (EN), La Cabère virginale, la Délicate (FR), Weißstirn-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 pusaria L.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 25–28 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a pupa among plant debris or in the surface of the soil.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in two, difficult to separate generations a year, from late April till the end of September.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Betula
Substrates:
Deciduous trees

The larva lives on a variety of trees and shrubs, especially on Betula and Alnus.

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