Filatima incomptella
Seq # 265440010
Gelechia cuneatella

Filatima spurcella (Duponchel, 1843) Species

Last modified: Feb. 26, 2024, 7:55 p.m.

This species is not seen in Belgium for quite some time, probably extinct.

Details

Classification
Family: Gelechiidae > Subfamily: Gelechiinae > Tribus: Gelechiini > Genus: Filatima > Species: Filatima spurcella
Vernacular names
Geelpalpmot (NL)
First mention in Belgium
Fologne E. 1869. Assemblée mensuelle du 6 mars 1869. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 12: lii. On page lii.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 16–19 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Cocoon/pupa

Pupa stout, brown, in a tight cocoon on the ground.

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Bionomics

The larva lives in spring in webs of Acrobasis suavella. Pupation on the ground.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing from mid-April towards late June.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Prunus spinosa and Prunus mahaleb

The larva lives on Prunus spinosa, Prunus mahaleb, Cotoneaster integerrimus and Crataegus laevigata.

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Habitat

It inhabits woodland edges, rough ground, hedgerows etc...

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Contact
Statistics
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