Eupithecia abietaria (Goeze, 1781) Species
Last modified: Jan. 19, 2023, 10:47 a.m.
A rare and widespread species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Larentiinae > Tribus: Eupitheciini > Genus: Eupithecia > Species: Eupithecia abietaria
- Vernacular names
- Spardwergspanner (NL), Cloaked Pug (EN), L'Eupithécie du Sapin (FR), Fichtenzapfen-Blütenspanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Eupithecia pini (Retzius, 1783), nec (Linnaeus, 1758) , Eupithecia strobilata (Borkhausen, 1794) , Eupithecia togata (Hübner, 1817) and Eupithecia bilunulata (Zetterstedt, 1839)
- 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 17.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Bionomics
The larva feeds internally in the cones of conifers. The trees must be sufficiently mature as to produce large numbers of cones. Hibernates as a pupa in a flimsy cocoon among fallen conifer needles or other plant debris on the ground.
The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: onwards from mid May towards mid July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Picea abies, Picea sitchensis and Abies procera
The larva feeds on conifers like Abies procera, Picea abies and Picea sitchensis.
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