Mesapamea secalella Remm, 1983 Species
Last modified: June 4, 2024, 4:19 p.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Data Deficient due to a lack of sufficient data according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Apameini > Genus: Mesapamea > Species: Mesapamea secalella
- Vernacular names
- Weidehalmuiltje (NL), Lesser Common Rustic (EN), La Noctuelle didyme (FR), Didyma-Halmeule (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1857a. Catalogue des Insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 1: 1–111. On page 87 (as L.[uperina] Didyma. Bork. Esp. Tr. Var. Secalina, H.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 22–34 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Bionomics
The caterpillar lives in the culms of the host plant and only leaves it to change culms. The species overwinters as a caterpillar. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the ground. The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
Adults are on the wing from May towards September with a peak in July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Luzula pilosa
- Substrates:
- Grasses
The larvae live on various grasses.
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