Platyptilia calodactyla
Seq # 321250020
Platyptilia gonodactyla

Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 Species

Last modified: Dec. 3, 2024, 3:49 p.m.

Recorded only once for the Belgian fauna: Beez (NA), before 1906, when a caterpillar was found in the stem of Senecio vernalis. Hitherto probably extinct in our country.

Details

Classification
Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Platyptilia > Species: Platyptilia farfarellus
Vernacular names
Kleine kruiskruidvedermot (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 52.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan about 16 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

In springtime the larvae spin the central shoots together and feed on the root-stock which is excavated and were pupation takes place.
Larvae of the summer generation live on the flower-buds and pupate in the flower-shoot.

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Flight periods

Two generations a year in May and July–September.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Senecio viscosus and Senecio vernalis

The larva feeds on different species of Senecio.

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Habitat

It occurs in sandy localities and forest edges.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1802 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1800 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1969 Antwerpen
  • 1923 Limburg
  • 220 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 30 Brabant Wallon
  • 1688 Hainaut
  • 2228 Namur
  • 2148 Liège
  • 2226 Luxembourg