Seq # 500090020

Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: Oct. 21, 2023, 2:12 p.m.


A very rare and local species in Belgium, not reported since a very long time. Presumably extinct.


Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Pyraustinae > Tribus: Pyraustini > Genus: Pyrausta > Species: Pyrausta cingulata
Vernacular names
Zwartwitte tijmmot (NL), Silver-barred Sable (EN)
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 (as Ennychia cingulalis L.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing from late April towards August in two generations a year.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Thymus serpyllum
Host plant (genera):
Mentha, Origanum and Thymus

The larva lives mainly on Mentha and Origanum.

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Habitat

It inhabits chalk and limestone soils and sand-dunes.

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