Lobesia reliquana (Hübner, 1825) Species
Last modified: Nov. 17, 2023, 1:59 p.m.
A widespread and fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Lobesiini > Genus: Lobesia > Species: Lobesia reliquana
- Vernacular names
- Harlekijnbladroller (NL), Oak Marble (EN), Marmorierter Eichenwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Lobesia permixtana (Hübner, 1799), nec (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- 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 20.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 11–13 mm. A small strikingly marked species characterised by its orange ground colour mixed with ferruginous and black.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The young larva lives on the terminal shoots or between spun leaves on the host plant. It hibernates full-fed in a cocoon spun in a dead leaf or on the ground, and it pupates in this cocoon.
The adults are mainly active in the early morning and again in the late afternoon and later they readily come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly from late April towards June. There is often a small partial generation onwards from July till September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus spinosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus and Betula
The larva lives on Quercus, Betula, and on Prunus spinosa.
Habitat
It inhabits woodland, parks, gardens.
