Lathronympha strigana (Fabricius, 1775) Species
Last modified: Feb. 8, 2024, 6:10 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Lathronympha > Species: Lathronympha strigana
- Vernacular names
- Hertshooibladroller (NL), Red Piercer, Slender Rufous Tortrix (EN), Johanniskrautwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Lathronympha hypericana (Hübner, 1799)
- 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 (as Grapholitha hypericana ? H.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 14–18 mm. A distinctive species with bright orange-ferruginous forewings and several greyish metallic markings towards the rear of the wing. There are black streaks in the ocellus, pale costal strigulae and plumbeous striae from the strigulae and edging the ocellus.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Mine
Bionomics
The larva makes a spinning in the terminal shoot of the food plant. Hibernation in a white cocoon between debris on the ground.
The adults are active at sunrise and in the evening and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been observed from May till early October in two generations a year. Most observations during June and August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Hypericum perforatum
- Host plant (genera):
- Hypericum
The larva feeds on several species of Hypericum, especially on H. perforatum.
Habitat
It inhabits open places, downland, open woods, grasslands, meadows, waysides etc...
