Scythropia crataegella (Linnaeus, 1767) Species
Last modified: Aug. 28, 2021, 7:51 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Scythropiidae > Genus: Scythropia > Species: Scythropia crataegella
- Vernacular names
- Doornspinnertje (NL), Hawthorn Moth (EN), Weißdorn-Gespinstmotte (DE)
- 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 24.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Bionomics
The larva lives at first inside a leaf of usually the food plant, later on under a silken web.
The moths come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly from mid May till July, and a partial second generation can occur in favourable years in August and September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus spinosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Crataegus and Cotoneaster
The larva lives on Crataegus, but it has also been recorded from Prunus spinosa and Cotoneaster.
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