Hypsopygia glaucinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: April 19, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium, especially in the northern part.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Pyralinae > Tribus: Pyralini > Genus: Hypsopygia > Species: Hypsopygia glaucinalis
- Vernacular names
- Tweelijnmot (NL), Double-striped Tabby (EN), Pyrale glauque (FR), Bläulichgrauer Herkuleszünsler (DE)
- 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 19 (as Pyralis glaucinalis L.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 23–30 mm. A mid-brown coloured moth with two pale lines running across the wings.
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Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larvae live in silken galleries. Pupation in a cocoon in the larval feeding place.
The adults are active at dusk and later come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from usually from May towards October.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Dead leaves
The larvae live on dead and decaying vegetable matter of all types.
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Habitat
They can be found in farm buildings, gardens, haystacks, thatch, witches'-brooms, birds' nests, squirrels' dreys, piles of leaves, etc.
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