Episema glaucina (Esper, 1789) Species
Last modified: April 24, 2024, 5:24 p.m.
A very rare xerotherm species in the south of Belgium, nowadays only found in the province of NA where it has several small stable populations in the Calestienne and Dinant region.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Episemini > Genus: Episema > Species: Episema glaucina
- Vernacular names
- Zorro-uil (NL), La Noctuelle de Muscari (FR), Graslilieneule (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Lambillion L.-J. 1905a. Varia — Revue mensuelle de la Société entomologique namuroise 5: 27–28, 31–32, 50. On page 50.
- Status
-
Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 26-37mm.
An extremely variable species in its colouration and forewing pattern, well-marked and patternless including dark en pale forms.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Egg
Bionomics
Hibernates as an egg or young caterpillar. The young larva feeds in bulbs and as a mature larva also on leaves. The fully grown larva can be found during May and June.
Females are usually active at twilight and early evening often seen foraging on flowers such as Aster linosyris, males most often at night. Both sexes come readily to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly from mid-September to mid-October.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Anthericum liliago
- Host plant (genera):
- Muscari
The larva lives on various Liliaceae like Muscari, Anthericum or Ornithogalum.
Habitat
An habitant of warm, dry grasslands and scrub on calcareous rocky areas.
