Hylaea fasciara (Linnaeus, 1758)
![Hylaea fasciara: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, larva in May 2010) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/fasciaria_f2010.jpg "Hylaea fasciara: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, larva in May 2010) [S]")
![Hylaea fasciara: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, larva in October 2010) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/fasciaria_2f2010.jpg "Hylaea fasciara: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, larva in October 2010) [S]")
![Hylaea fasciara: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, May 2010) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/fasciaria_rpe2010.jpg "Hylaea fasciara: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, May 2010) [M]")
![Hylaea fasciara: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, May 2010) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/fasciaria_2rpe2010.jpg "Hylaea fasciara: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, May 2010) [M]")
![Hylaea fasciara: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, May 2010) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/fasciaria_3rpe2010.jpg "Hylaea fasciara: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, May 2010) [M]")
Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on Pinaceae (conifers). The main host plant is the spruce (Picea abies). There are also records from Larix, Pinus and Abies.
Habitat:
Hylaea fasciara colonized (mixed) coniferous forests of all kinds.
Life cycle:
The caterpillar overwinters. I found them in May 2010 on the eastern Swabian Alb on spruce. The moths fly in a single generation or two (depending on the region) from May to September or even October.
Remarks:
Hylaea fasciara occurs in a green and a red-brown variant.
The distribution ranges from the British Isles to China. In the north even Northern Scandinavia is reached. Hylaea fasciara is largely absent from Southern Europe (southern Mediterranean).
