Pyrausta nigrata (Scopoli, 1763) Species
Last modified: Oct. 21, 2023, 2:20 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium, mainly observed at the northwestern part of the coast and in the south.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Pyraustinae > Tribus: Pyraustini > Genus: Pyrausta > Species: Pyrausta nigrata
- Vernacular names
- Stiptijmmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Pyrausta anguinalis (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 61 (as E.[nnychia] Anguinalis. H.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larvae live in a slight web under the leaves and feed on herbs growing in the wild. They pupate in a tough whitish cocoon among debris or in the soil.
They are active in the sunshine and later come sparsely to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year from mid-May till early June and again from early July towards late August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Thymus drucei, Mentha arvensis and Galium odoratum
- Host plant (genera):
- Origanum
The larvae live in on Thymus, Origanum vulgare, Mentha and Galium.
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