Idaea muricata (Hufnagel 1767) (Family Geometridae)

Forewing Length: 8-10mm;
Wingspan: 18-20mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? July - May ? June - July
(Earliest: 8.7)

Biotopes:
Peat Bogs and Mires

Wet Meadows
Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Comarum palustre

Galium palustre

Calluna vulgaris
Possible Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Plantago

Polygonum

Rubus
Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae

Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Idaea muricata
Idaea muricata
Lepiforum: Idaea muricata


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