Pseudoswammerdamia combinella (Hübner, 1786) Species
Last modified: Dec. 10, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Yponomeutidae > Subfamily: Yponomeutinae > Genus: Pseudoswammerdamia > Species: Pseudoswammerdamia combinella
- Vernacular names
- Rode duifmot (NL), Copper-tipped Ermine (EN)
- Synonyms
- Pseudoswammerdamia comptella (Hübner, 1796)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 113.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The young larva makes a white blotch mine in the lower leaf of the food plant. Later on, it lives in a thick web, often with several larvae in the same web.
Pupation in a dense white silken cocoon amongst detritus on the ground. The pupa hibernates.
The adults occasionally come to light.
No pictures yet!
Flight periods
The adults fly from early April till mid-June, very occasionally later.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus spinosa
The young lives in a lower leaf of Prunus spinosa.
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