Seq # 602540020

Catarhoe rubidata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Dec. 8, 2024, 12:16 p.m.


A rare and local species in Belgium, hitherto recorded from the southern provinces.


Details

Classification
Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Larentiinae > Tribus: Xanthorhoini > Genus: Catarhoe > Species: Catarhoe rubidata
Vernacular names
Roodbruine walstrospanner (NL), Ruddy Carpet (EN), L'Eubolie roussâtre (FR), Rotbinden-Blattspanner (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 17.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 26–31 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as pupa in an earthen cocoon.
The adults come to light and occasionally on sugar.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in one generation a year from mid-June till late August.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Galium

The larva lives on Galium.

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