Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761) Species
Last modified: Nov. 12, 2025, 8:29 p.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: Nolidae > Subfamily: Chloephorinae > Tribus: Sarrothripini > Genus: Earias > Species: Earias clorana
- Vernacular names
- Kleine groenuil (NL), Cream-bordered Pea (EN), La Halias du Saule (FR), Weiden-Kahneulchen, Grüneulchen (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 20 (as Halias chlorana L.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Bionomics
Hibernates as a pupa, in a tough boat-shaped cocoon often constructed on the bark of a twig or stem of the foodplant. The adults are active from dusk onwards and later come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in three generations a year from end April till late September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Salix viminalis and Salix repens
- Host plant (genera):
- Salix
The larva lives on various Salix species.
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