Incurvaria pectinea Haworth, 1828 Species
Last modified: March 15, 2024, 10:57 a.m.
A not so common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Incurvariidae > Genus: Incurvaria > Species: Incurvaria pectinea
- Vernacular names
- Berkenbladsnijdermot (NL), Pale Feathered Leaf-cutter (EN)
- Synonyms
- Incurvaria pectinella (Fabricius, 1787), nec (Denis & Schiff., 1775) and Incurvaria zinckenii (Zeller, 1839)
- 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 111 (as Z. Linkenii. Lell. [sic]). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Caterpillar
Bionomics
The young larva makes a small circular blotch mine in the leaves of the food plant Then it falls to the ground in a case cut from the blotch. The caterpillar then eats withered leaves. It hibernates fully-fed in that case.
Pupation in the case, normally attached vertical among a base of a tree trunk.
The moths are active during the day and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly from mid April till the end of May in one generation a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Carpinus betulus and Corylus avellana
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula, Malus, Alnus, Prunus, Sorbus and Swida
- Substrates:
- Dead leaves
The young larva lives on: Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Acer, Carpinus, Cornus, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Sorbus and Tilia.
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