Epirranthis diversata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Species
Last modified: Oct. 16, 2025, 11:50 a.m.
This very rare species is only known from very old records from LG.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Desmobathrinae > Genus: Epirranthis > Species: Epirranthis diversata
- Vernacular names
- Espenbruintje (NL), La Numérie dissembable, la Fidelle (FR), Espen-Buntspanner (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 15 (as diversaria). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan c. 35 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Larvae freely on the leaves. The chrysalis overwinters in a cocoon.
Flies in broad daylight in the company of Archiearis, as well as at dusk, around flowering trees. May be attracted to light.
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Flight periods
The moths are on the wing during March/April and July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Populus tremula
The caterpillar lives on young Populus tremula.
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