Seq # 245140020

Metalampra italica Baldizzone, 1977 Species

Last modified: July 3, 2023, 11:46 a.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

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 10–12 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature


Caterpillar


Bionomics

The adults fly during the night and at dawn. They come to light and occasionally to sugar.
During 2011 an individual was trapped on 28 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

One generation a year: from June till late September, occasionally till late October.


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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