Microloxia simonyi (Rebel, 1894)
![Microloxia simonyi: Male (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_f2013.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Male (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Male (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_2f2013.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Male (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Female (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_3f2013.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Female (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Female (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_4f2013.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Female (La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, February 2013) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Adult (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_im2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Adult (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Adult (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_2im2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Adult (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Adult (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_3im2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Adult (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Eggs (e.o. Valle Gran Rey 2013) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_ei2013.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Eggs (e.o. Valle Gran Rey 2013) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Young larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_rpe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Young larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_2rpe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_3rpe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_4rpe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_5rpe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Larva (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [M]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_ppe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_2ppe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_3ppe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_4ppe2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, El Hierro, La Restinga, larva in late December 2018) [S]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Larval habitat with Lotus (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [N]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_h2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Larval habitat with Lotus (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [N]")
![Microloxia simonyi: Larval habitat with Lotus (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [N]](bilder1/geometridae/simonyi_2h2018.jpg "Microloxia simonyi: Larval habitat with Lotus (El Hierro, La Restinga, late December 2018) [N]")
Host plants:
The larvae are supposed to feed on Launaea arborescens and Schizogyne sericea, perhaps also on other Asteraceae. I recorded them on Lotus sp. in El Hierro (December 2018).
Habitat:
Microloxia simonyi inhabits dry and warm habitats such as rocky slopes or ravines (barrancos).
Life cycle:
Microloxia simonyi is probably found year-round. The adults are strongly attracted to light. I found them at an illumined building in La Gomera in Valle Gran Rey (February 2013).
Remarks:
Microloxia simonyi is endemic to the more western Canary Islands such as Tenerife, El Hierro or La Gomera.
Hints on determination:
Microloxia simonyi is less intense green than Microloxia schmitzi.
Microloxia schmitzi
