Dyscia fagaria (Thunberg, 1784) Species
Last modified: Jan. 21, 2023, 3:35 p.m.
A very rare and local species, almost exclusively confined to the Kempen.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Aspitatini > Genus: Dyscia > Subgenus: Eudyscia > Species: Dyscia fagaria
- Vernacular names
- Gevlekte heispanner (NL), Grey Scalloped Bar (EN), La Fidonie des Bruyères (FR), Heidekraut-Fleckenspanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Dyscia belgaria (Hübner, 1790)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1862c. Notes sur quelques lépidoptères observés en Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 6: 170–176. On page 171.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 28–35 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a small larva in a cocoon formed on the food plant or in fallen debris.
The male basks on stones and broken or bare ground and is easily disturbed by day. Both sexes found at rest on their food plants after dark. They come to light in small numbers.
During very good weather conditions a second smaller partial generation can occur, mostly in september even in October.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: from early May till late June.
