Phycitodes maritima
Seq # 490610050
Pima boisduvaliella

Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan, 1870) Species

Last modified: Oct. 30, 2023, 11:49 a.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

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan c. 17 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Genitalia

Male genitalia: aedeagus slender and tapering, uncus bristly. Female genitalia: 2 equal elongate spiculate patches in corpus bursae.

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Bionomics

The larvae live in webs in the inflorescence of the food plant. The adults come to light.

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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.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1780 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1778 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1954 Antwerpen
  • 1903 Limburg
  • 196 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 25 Brabant Wallon
  • 1661 Hainaut
  • 2202 Namur
  • 2126 Liège
  • 2212 Luxembourg