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
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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 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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