Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: June 1, 2024, 2:47 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium, sometimes a pest in parks and gardens.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Lymantriinae > Tribus: Orgyiini > Genus: Euproctis > Species: Euproctis chrysorrhoea
- Vernacular names
- Bastaardsatijnvlinder (NL), Brown-tail (EN), Le Cul-brun (FR), Goldafter (DE)
- Synonyms
- Euproctis phaeorrhoea (Haworth, 1803)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 27 (as Liparis Chrysorrhaea [sic]). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
The larva is covered with urticating hairs. People can get severe skin irritations should they come in contact with this caterpillar. The larval stage lasts for nine months, from August through June. Hibernates as a small larva in a tough communal web on a the food plant.
Bionomics
In autumn, the small caterpillars form colonies of larvae in trees and bushes constructed from a single leaf wrapped tightly with large amounts of white silk, which make a tough communal web. In spring, they emerge from the cocoon and grow into large caterpillars. By the end of June, the full-grown larvae start to pupate and the imago emerges towards the end of July. The adults come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year; from late May towards late August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Hippophae rhamnoides and Prunus spinosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Crataegus
- Substrates:
- Deciduous trees and Shrubs
The larvae live gregariously in webs spun in bushes of Crataegus or Prunus spinosa, at the coast mainly on Hippophae rhamnoides.
