Hypsopygia costalis (Fabricius, 1775) Species
Last modified: Jan. 21, 2021, 2:27 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium, more observed in the northern part.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Pyralinae > Tribus: Pyralini > Genus: Hypsopygia > Species: Hypsopygia costalis
- Vernacular names
- Triangelmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Hypsopygia fimbrialis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 58.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Flight periods
The adults fly from the beginning of May till the end of September, sometimes as late as October. They fly at night and come to light.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Dead leaves
The larvae live on hay of clover and grass, in squirrels' dreys, and probably also in thatch and dead leaves. They hibernate. Pupation in an oval cocoon in the larval feeding place.
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