Seq # 490850010

Synaphe punctalis (Fabricius, 1775) Species

Last modified: April 19, 2024, 3:07 p.m.


A common species throughout Belgium, but more frequently observed in the north.


Details

Classification
Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Pyralinae > Tribus: Pyralini > Genus: Synaphe > Species: Synaphe punctalis
Vernacular names
Pinokkiomot (NL), Long-legged Tabby (EN), Clédéobie étroite (FR), Dürrwiesen-Zünsler (DE)
Synonyms
Synaphe angustalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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 19 (as Cledeobia angustalis Wv.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 22–27 mm. The females are paler, narrower-winged and heavier-bodied than males, and both sexes exhibit a rather long-legged appearance.

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Specimens in nature


Bionomics

The larva lives in a slight web concealed on the food plant, but ejecting its frass onto the surface. It hibernates and pupates in a silken cocoon.
The males can be sometimes found flying in daytime, as well as at night and later the adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly mainly from June till the end of August, occasionally later.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Hypnum cupressiforme
Substrates:
Mosses

The larva lives on various mosses on the ground in damp places preferring Hypnum cupressiforme.

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Habitat

It frequents open environments.

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