Seq # 700910010

Colobochyla salicalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Nov. 2, 2024, 10:32 a.m.


Used to be a fairly common species in the south of Belgium, but has become very rare now.

Data Deficient due to a lack of sufficient data according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.


Details

Classification
Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Boletobiinae > Genus: Colobochyla > Species: Colobochyla salicalis
Vernacular names
Booglijnuil (NL), Lesser Belle (EN), La Madope du Saule (FR), Weiden-Spannereule (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 19.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a pupa, in a tough cocoon of silk and chewed bark on a twig on the food plant. The adults are active from dusk onwards and later come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in one generation a year from mid-May till late July.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Populus tremula

The larva lives on young shoots and leaves of Populus tremulifolia and Salix.

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