Gillmeria pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811) Species
Last modified: Sept. 19, 2023, 10:18 a.m.
A not so common species in most areas of Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Gillmeria > Species: Gillmeria pallidactyla
- Vernacular names
- Lichte zandvedermot (NL), Schafgarben-Federmotte (DE)
- Synonyms
- Gillmeria bertrami (Rössler, 1864)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1866. Assemblée mensuelle du 1er décembre 1866. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 10: xii–xvii. On page xiv (as bertrami). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 22–26 mm.
Hindlegs brown-grey, distally gradually paler brown.
See also G. ochrodactyla, hind legs.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Bionomics
The larva lives in the stem of its food plant. It hibernates in the roots. In spring it mines the young shoots causing them to drop.
Pupation on the stem or on a leaf of the food plant.
The adults are active at dusk and come to light.
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Flight periods
One generation a year: from July till early September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Achillea millefolium and Achillea ptarmica
Oligophagous, mostly in Achillea.
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