Seq # 600410020

Epione vespertaria (Linnaeus, 1767) Species

Last modified: Sept. 23, 2023, 12:34 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.


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

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.

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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.

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