Seq # 500060010

Paracorsia repandalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Jan. 12, 2025, 3:43 p.m.


An extreme rare migrant from southern Europe.


Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Pyraustinae > Tribus: Pyraustini > Genus: Paracorsia > Species: Paracorsia repandalis
Vernacular names
Honingbandmot (NL)
First mention in Belgium
De Crombrugghe G. 1906a. Catalogue raisonné des Microlépidoptères de Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société entomologique de Belgique XIII: 1–172; XIV: 1–155. On page 46.
Status

Native

Only one record before 2000 in 1906 (NA).
For your information, to the best of our knowledge, the first 5 Belgian observations after 2000 are listed here:
1) 1 ex. on 12.ix.2018 at Ieper (WV), leg. M. Willems.
2) 1 ex. on 22.vii.2019 at Robechies (HA), leg. B. Sleeman.
3) 1 ex. on 03.ix.2023 at Robelmont (LX), leg. M. Ameels.
4) 1 ex. on 19.ix.2023 at Heist-op-den-Berg (AN), leg. J. Cannaerts.
5) 1 ex. on 17.viii.2024 at Sint_amandsberg (OV), leg. waarnemingen.be.


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 24-28mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

The yellowish white larva feeds in spun shoots and flower heads, living gregariously together.

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Flight periods

Adults are on the wing from April till mid-October in two generations a year.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Verbascum nigrum

The larva feeds on Verbascum.

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