Gibberifera simplana
Seq # 362680010
Gypsonoma aceriana

Gravitarmata margarotana (Heinemann, 1863) Species

Last modified: Dec. 6, 2023, 12:16 p.m.

First observation in our country was in 1976 at Postel (AN). Hitherto a very rare and local species in Belgium, mainly recorded from the Kempen.

Details

Classification
Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Gravitarmata > Species: Gravitarmata margarotana
Vernacular names
Dennenappelbladroller (NL), Pine Cone Tortrix (EN), Kiefernzapfenwickler (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Verhoeven F., Larsen K., Riemis A. & De Prins W. 1994. Gravitarmata margarotana (Heinemann, 1863), a new species for the Belgian fauna (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). — Phegea 22: 29–34. On page 29. view page
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 14–18 mm. Ground color silver-gray with narrow irregular red-brown/ferruginous transverse bands edged with black. Yellow-brown head. Apex red brown. Hindwing brown-gray.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Caterpillar

Still undescribed.

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Bionomics

Both the biology of the larvae and the exact host plants are insufficiently known. The larvae would live “in branches and cones”. Probably hibernates as a pupa.The adults can be seen in the evening hours flying around the crowns of solitary pine trees. They come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in a single generation a year, and can be observed sometimes as early as late March, but usually from mid-April towards mid-June.

Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Pinus

Insufficiently known. Given the locations of the moths, it is very likely that the larvae live on Pinaceae and in particular on Pinus.

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Habitat

It occupies coniferous forests and plantations.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1799 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1793 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1967 Antwerpen
  • 1920 Limburg
  • 214 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1680 Hainaut
  • 2224 Namur
  • 2143 Liège
  • 2222 Luxembourg