Paraswammerdamia nebulella (Goeze, 1783) Species
Last modified: Dec. 10, 2025, 12:13 p.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Yponomeutidae > Subfamily: Yponomeutinae > Genus: Paraswammerdamia > Species: Paraswammerdamia nebulella
- Vernacular names
- Meidoornduifmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Paraswammerdamia lutarea (Haworth, 1828)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1902b. Note sur quelques Microlépidoptères de la faune belge. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 481–483. On page 482.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Caterpillar
Bionomics
The larva when young makes a mine in the leafs of Cotoneaster, Crataegus and Sorbus. It hibernates as a small larva in a small white spinning attached to a twig. Later in spring it feeds externally on the leaves in a slight web, often when young with two or three larvae together.
The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year from late April to late September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Sorbus aucuparia
- Host plant (genera):
- Crataegus and Cotoneaster
It feeds on Cotoneaster, Crataegus and Sorbus.
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