Eccopisa effractella Zeller, 1848 Species
Last modified: Oct. 28, 2023, 12:05 p.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium, especially in the northern part.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Phycitinae > Tribus: Phycitini > Genus: Eccopisa > Species: Eccopisa effractella
- Vernacular names
- Geelpalpmot (NL), Gelbpalpen-Schmalzünsler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Janmoulle E. 1947c. Microlépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune belge. — Lambillionea 47(5–8): 43–44. On page 43.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Caterpillar
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
Literature often mentions that larvae live in spun leaves of different kind of deciduous trees. Research in 2017/2018 however shows that larvae of this species often feed in old webs of Yponomeuta spp. in summer and autumn. Some of the larvae produce moths the same year. Overwinters as a larva in a white cocoon in the web. Pupation in the cocoon next spring.
The adults come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly from mid-May till September with a peak during June/July. Partial second generation.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Malus sylvestris, Euonymus europaeus and Prunus padus
According to literature on different species of trees like Malus, Prunus, Salix and Corylus. Found in numbers in old webs of Yponomeuta spp. on Malus sp., Euonymus europaeus and Prunus padus.
