Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) Species
Last modified: Jan. 24, 2024, 1:35 p.m.
A common immigrant in Belgium, establishing temporary populations.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Spilomelinae > Tribus: Udeini > Genus: Udea > Species: Udea ferrugalis
- Vernacular names
- Oranje kruidenmot (NL), la Pyrale ferrugineuse (FR)
- Synonyms
- Udea martialis Guenée, 1854
- 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. view page
- Status
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Migrant
A common migrant in Belgium, establishing temporary populations.
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Bionomics
When young it lives in a turned-down leaf, later on between two spun leaves.
Pupation in a cocoon in a partially cut section of the leaf.
Moths can be observed visiting ripe blackberries, ivy-bloom, and flowers such as Succisa.
The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults have been observed in every month of the year, but most in autumn, until well into December depending on temperatures.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Polyphagous
The larva is very polyphagous on herbaceous plants, notably on Stachys, Eupatorium and Fragaria vesca.
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