Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan, 1870) Species
Last modified: July 16, 2024, 5:54 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium, not often recorded.
Distribution after 2004 is based on individuals who have been examined for genitalia. Nowadays seems to be a coastal species.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Phycitinae > Tribus: Phycitini > Genus: Phycitodes > Species: Phycitodes saxicola
- Vernacular names
- Kustweidemot (NL), Small Clouded Knot-horn (EN), Strohblumen-Schmalzünsler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Janmoulle E. 1959b. Notes sur les Microlépidoptères de Belgique. V. Révision des exemplaires belges des genres: Homoeosoma Curtis (Pyralidae, Phycitinae), Oxyptilus Zeller (s.l.) (Pterophoridae), Cnephasia Curtis (Tort., Tortricinae), Bactra Stephens (Tort., Olethreutinae). — Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 35(27): 1–32. On page 9.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan c. 17 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Genitalia
Male genitalia: aedeagus slender and tapering, uncus bristly. Female genitalia: 2 equal elongate spiculate patches in corpus bursae.
Bionomics
The larvae live in webs in the inflorescence of the food plant. The adults come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been seen from mid-May towards mid-September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Senecio jacobaea and Tanacetum parthenium
- Host plant (genera):
- Anthemis
The oligophagous larva lives on Asteraceae like Achillea, Anthemis, Leucanthemum and Tanacetum. Plants on dry substrate, e.g. on walls, dry banks, or old sand dunes, seem to be favoured.
