Sedina buettneri
Seq # 901495010
Episema glaucina

Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827 Species

Last modified: March 3, 2024, 6:33 p.m.

New species for Belgium in 2015 (VB). Hitherto only known from that observation.

Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Apameini > Genus: Sesamia > Species: Sesamia nonagrioides
Vernacular names
Zuidelijke graanboorder (NL), La Nonagrie bétique (FR)
First mention in Belgium
De Prins W. 2016. Catalogus van de Belgische Lepidoptera – Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. — Entomobrochure 9: 1–279. On page 214.
Status

Migrant

Distribution

Egg

Grooved and whitish in colour, becoming creamy pink with age. Laid in small batches beneath leaf sheaths.

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Bionomics

Larvae rarely feed on the outer leaves, preferring to bore into stems to feed within galleries that become filled with frass. Stem feeding by the larvae results in the death of growing points, dead hearts, stem breakage and wilting of leaves. Larvae also feed on flowers and fruits of some hosts.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing usually all year round. The Belgian observation dates from late April.

Observed on

Substrates:
Grasses and Cultivated crops

The larvae live in the stems of Phragmites communis and especially Arundo donax, rarely probably also in other grasses with thick stems.

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Habitat

It inhabits wetlands and other places with the host plants.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1781 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1779 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1955 Antwerpen
  • 1905 Limburg
  • 198 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 26 Brabant Wallon
  • 1662 Hainaut
  • 2204 Namur
  • 2126 Liège
  • 2213 Luxembourg