Ptycholoma lecheana (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Nov. 8, 2023, 1:58 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Archipini > Genus: Ptycholoma > Species: Ptycholoma lecheana
- Vernacular names
- Koraalbladroller (NL), Leche's Twist Moth, Brindled Tortrix (EN), Schein-Prachtwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Ptycholoma obsoletana (Stephens, 1834) and Ptycholoma leacheana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 20.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 16–20 mm. Basal/subbasal fasciae yellowish, strong fuscous costal fold in male. Median and subterminal fasciae fuscous with sparse orange/ferruginous suffusion in male, orange-ferruginous in female. Antemedian line metallic silver, variable in expression and extent, often obsolete dorsally. Postmedian line metallic silver extending from costa to tornus with a subcostal spur extending towards the apex, variable in expression and extent.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva lives in a rolled leaf and pupates in a dense white cocoon in a rolled leaf, or in the larval habitation.
The moths fly in late afternoon and in the evening and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults usually fly from early May till early July.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Polyphagous
The larva is polyphagous on shrubs or fruit trees, it has also been found on Picea sitchensis.
