Hedya nubiferana (Haworth, 1811) Species
Last modified: Feb. 16, 2024, 5:35 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Olethreutini > Genus: Hedya > Species: Hedya nubiferana
- Vernacular names
- Gewone witvlakbladroller (NL), Marbled Orchard Tortrix (EN), la Tordeuse grise des bourgeons (FR), Grauer Knospenwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Hedya dimidioalba (Retzius, 1783), unavailable and Hedya variegana (Hübner, 1799), nec (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 21.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 15–21 mm. Larger than Hedya pruniana, appears narrower-winged. The two black postmedian dots are more prominent and they are situated costal to the angle of the median fascia. It has five smaller pairs of strigulae along the costa in the pale section of the wing.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Egg
Eggs are oval, flattened and finely reticulated. Translucent in colour at first and becoming yellowish-white with age. Laid singly or in small batches of 2-4 eggs on the underside of leaves.
Caterpillar
Initially larvae are yellow in colour, before becoming greyish-green. Pinacula small and black. Head shining black and prothoracic plate black with a pale anterior margin and pale medial groove. Anal plate blackish-brown and thoracic legs dark brown or black.
Bionomics
The larva spins leaves or flowers together. Pupation in the larval habitat. Univoltine. The moths are active at dusk and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation and have been observed from late May till mid-August, rarely later.
Habitat
It inhabits hawthorn and blackthorn hedges, thickets, gardens, orchards and open moorland.
