Eupithecia actaeata Walderdorff, 1869 Species
Last modified: Dec. 8, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
A very rare species with few observations in the southern part of Belgium. First Belgian record from NA, Belvaux in 1980.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Larentiinae > Tribus: Eupitheciini > Genus: Eupithecia > Species: Eupithecia actaeata
- Vernacular names
- Christoffelkruiddwergspanner (NL), L'Eupithécie de l'actée (FR), Christophskraut-Blütenspanner (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Prins W. 1983b. Eupithecia actaeata Walderdorff, een nieuwe soort voor de Belgische fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). — Phegea 11: 73–76. On page 73. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 19–21 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Caterpillar
Licht green with brown and red patches on the back. When full-grown about 20 mm.
Cocoon/pupa
A loose spinning in the ground. The pupa is 8 mm long.
Bionomics
The larva lives on the underside of the leaves of the host plant. It consumes the leaves and thus creates round holes in the leaves in between the veins. The caterpillar is full-grown at the end of August or the beginning of September. Pupation takes place in a soft spinning in the ground. The species hibernates in the pupal stage. The adults come to light.
Flight periods
One generation per year from early May till the end of June.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Actaea spicata
The caterpillar feeds on the leaves of Actaea spicata.
Habitat
Moist, dark forests with undergrowth of Actaea spicata.
