Dysstroma truncata (Hufnagel, 1767) Species
Last modified: Oct. 25, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
A rather 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: Larentiinae > Tribus: Cidariini > Genus: Dysstroma > Species: Dysstroma truncata
- Vernacular names
- Schimmelspanner (NL), Common Marbled Carpet (EN), La Cidarie roussâtre (FR), Möndchenflecken-Bindenspanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Dysstroma russata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- 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
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 23–31 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as half-grown larva and pupates between leaves of the food plant.
The adults come to light and less to sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year from early May to early July and from August to mid-October, occasionally later.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Deciduous trees and Herbaceous plants
The larva lives on a wide variety of herbaceous plants.
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