Epione vespertaria (Linnaeus, 1767) Species
Last modified: June 20, 2024, 2:49 p.m.
A very rare and local species in the southern part of Belgium.
After a very long period with no observations, rediscovered in LG in 2020.
This species is considered Regionally Extinct according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Epionini > Genus: Epione > Species: Epione vespertaria
- Vernacular names
- Zoomspanner (NL), Dark Bordered Beauty (EN), L'Epione vespérale, l'Epione parallèle (FR), Espen-Saumbandspanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Epione paralellaria (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 15 (as paralellaria). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 25–30 mm. The wing margin on the male's forewing runs roughly parallel to the wing edge and is approximately the same width over its entire length. The lemon-yellow female is almost unspotted and has a deep notch in the reddish-brown wing margin halfway down the forewing.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Overwinters as an egg on the host plant. The caterpillar pupates on the host plant or in the litter layer. The adults are sometimes active during the day and later come to light, usually very late.
Flight periods
The adults fly from late June till September with a peak in August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Salix repens, Populus tremula, Betula pendula and Corylus avellana
The main foodplant is creeping willow, Salix repens, also on Corylus, Betula and Populus tremula.
