Eupithecia subfuscata (Haworth, 1809) Species
Last modified: April 23, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Larentiinae > Tribus: Eupitheciini > Genus: Eupithecia > Species: Eupithecia subfuscata
- Vernacular names
- Grijze dwergspanner (NL), Grey Pug (EN), L'Eupithécie noirâtre (FR), Hochstaudenflur-Blütenspanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Eupithecia castigata (Hübner, 1813)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1859a. Lépidoptères. Catalogue des Phalénidées. Deuxième partie. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 107–132. On page 114.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: from mid April till mid July. They are active from dusk onwards and later come to light.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Deciduous trees and Herbaceous plants
The larva lives mainly on a great variety of herbaceous plants, also on woody broadleaved plants and frequently on deciduous trees like Salix and Populus tremula. Hibernates as pupa among plant debris or behind loose bark.
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