Seq # 800130010

Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761) Species

Last modified: Sept. 15, 2023, 1:31 p.m.


A rather common species throughout Belgium.


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

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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