Seq # 901400010

Mesapamea secalella Remm, 1983 Species

Last modified: Oct. 17, 2023, 2:56 p.m.


A rather common species throughout Belgium.


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

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 22–34 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Genitalia


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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