Dysstroma truncata

Dysstroma [Chloroclysta] truncata (Hufnagel 1767) (Family Geometridae)

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Larva on Crataegus

Forewing: 14-19mm;
Wingspan: 24-30mm

Egg Larva Pupa Adult

? September - May
(Earliest: 1.6 )
June - August ? May - June
(Earliest: 1.6)
August - October
(Earliest: 10.8)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows
Wet Forest
Heath and Moorland
Gardens

Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)
Several Rosaceae
Most Salix
Betula
Vaccinium myrtillus

Calluna vulgaris
Rumex obtusifolius

Parasitoids:
Agrypon flaveolatum Larva

Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae
Many Braconidae Larvae
Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Dysstroma truncata
Dysstroma truncata
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Chloroclysta truncata
Lepiforum: Dysstroma truncata
Plant Parasites of Europe: Dysstroma truncata

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Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	September - May (Earliest: 1.6 ) June - August	?	May - June (Earliest: 1.6) August - October (Earliest: 10.8)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Wet Forest	Heath and Moorland	Gardens
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous)	Several Rosaceae	Most Salix	Betula	Vaccinium myrtillus
	Calluna vulgaris	Rumex obtusifolius
Parasitoids:	Agrypon flaveolatum Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Many Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae