Capperia fusca
Seq # 321150040
Capperia trichodactyla

Capperia loranus (Fuchs, 1895) Species

Last modified: March 15, 2025, 10:31 a.m.

An extremely rare and local species in Belgium, only known from the past in the southermost province LX. After a long period with no observations, discovered again in 2023 in NA.

Details

Classification
Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Capperia > Species: Capperia loranus
Vernacular names
Trosgamandervedermot (NL), Trauben-Gamander-Federmotte (DE)
Synonyms
Capperia fletcheri sensu Janmoulle, 1957, nec Adamczewski, 1951
First mention in Belgium
Gibeaux C. 1991. Etude des Pterophoridae (19e note). Description d'un pterophore normand : Capperia sequanensis n. sp. (Lep. Pterophoridae). — Entomologica Gallica 2: 73–74. On page 74.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 14 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Flight periods

Two generations a year from the end of May to early June and again in July–August.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Teucrium botrys

The biology is insufficiently known; the larva is supposed to be monophagous on Teucrium botrys.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1803 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1800 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1969 Antwerpen
  • 1924 Limburg
  • 221 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 33 Brabant Wallon
  • 1689 Hainaut
  • 2229 Namur
  • 2148 Liège
  • 2227 Luxembourg