Seq # 490530010

Myelois circumvoluta (Fourcroy, 1785) Species

Last modified: April 26, 2024, 12:44 p.m.


A common species in the northern part of Belgium, less common in the south.


Details

Classification
Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Phycitinae > Tribus: Phycitini > Genus: Myelois > Species: Myelois circumvoluta
Vernacular names
Distelhermelijntje (NL), Thistle Ermine (EN), Distelzünsler (DE)
Synonyms
Myelois cribrella (Hübner, 1796)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 23 (as Mielophila cribrella F.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

At first, the larva feeds on the seeds of the food plant, preferably large plants. Later on it enters the stem and feeds on the pith, hibernating when nearly full-grown, often several caterpillars in one stem. Hibernation in the stem, near its circular exit-hole.
The adults rest on thistle-heads in the evening and come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from the end of May till the end of July.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Cirsium vulgare, Arctium lappa and Cirsium eriophorum
Host plant (genera):
Onopordum

The larva feeds on Cirsium vulgare, C. eriophorum, Onopordum or Arctium lappa.

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