Prays ruficeps (Heinemann, 1854) Species
Last modified: Jan. 9, 2023, 5:07 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Praydidae > Genus: Prays > Species: Prays ruficeps
- Vernacular names
- Bruine essenmot (NL)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Prins W. & Steeman C. 2011. Interessante waarnemingen van Lepidoptera in België in 2010 (Lepidoptera). — Phegea 39(4): 121–136. On page 134. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Bionomics
The larva when young makes a mine in the leaf of the food plant. It hibernates in the bark just below a bud, and in spring it continues feeding within a shoot or in a lightly spun shoot.
The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: from mid April till early October.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Fraxinus
The larva lives in the leaf of Fraxinus excelsior.
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