Metalampra italica Baldizzone, 1977 Species
Last modified: Nov. 28, 2024, 1:54 p.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Oecophoridae > Subfamily: Oecophorinae > Genus: Metalampra > Species: Metalampra italica
- Vernacular names
- Lichte kaneelsikkelmot (NL), Italienische Faulzholzmotte (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Prins W. & De Prins J. 2014. Metalampra italica (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae), also in Belgium. — Phegea 42(2): 26–28. On page 26. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–12 mm.
Museum specimens
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Caterpillar
Bionomics
The adults fly during the night and at dawn. They come to light and occasionally to sugar.
During 2024 an individual was trapped on 05 March, the earliest record so far. Likely the pupa was lying in a warm sunny place and with the good spring weather it emerged a lot earlier than usual.
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Flight periods
Adults can be seen from March to mid-November with most moths between June to August.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Dead wood and Decaying vegetable matter
The larva lives on decaying wood, under dead bark, and in rotten plant material from deciduous trees, like Quercus pubescens, Q. robur, or Ostrya carpinifolia.
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Habitat
Sunny, open deciduous forests.
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