Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859) Species
Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 6:59 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium, but probably overlooked in many places.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Lyonetiidae > Subfamily: Cemiostominae > Genus: Leucoptera > Species: Leucoptera lotella
- Vernacular names
- Rolklaversneeuwmot (NL)
- First mention in Belgium
- Coenen F. 1994. Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1858): espèce nouvelle pour la faune belge (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). — Phegea 22: 161–163. On page 161. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Bionomics
The young larva makes a circular blotch mine without an initial gallery on the upper side of a leaf of the food plant. The abundant black frass lie in indistinct arcs or spirals and are attached to the upper cuticle forming a dark central fleck.
Pupation in a white oval silken cocoon, generally spun beneath a leaf of the food plant.
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Flight periods
The adults fly normally in one generation a year during May. When conditions are favourable a second generation occurs during August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Lotus corniculatus and Lotus uliginosus
The larva lives on Coronilla varia and on different species of Dorycnium and Lotus.
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