Rhopobota ustomaculana (Curtis, 1831) Species
Last modified: Dec. 10, 2023, 11:51 a.m.
A local and very rare species in Belgium, only known from the southern part of the country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Rhopobota > Species: Rhopobota ustomaculana
- Vernacular names
- Prachtbosbesbladroller (NL), Northern Bell (EN), Rundfleck-Preiselbeerwickler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1913a. Note sur quelques Microlépidoptères de la faune belge non mentionnés dans le catalogue raisonné De Crombrugghe. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 101–107. On page 103.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 11–15 mm. Grey-brown forewings with a large triangular off-white spot in the middle of the rear edge that continues as a light line inwards along the rear edge and over the middle body and head. Light band from tornus to costa and dark spot towards the termen.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
The green-brown caterpillar has a light brown head, the prothoracic plate is pale light brown, the thoracic legs are brown-black and the pinacula are black-grey.
Bionomics
The larva lives between two leaves spun flat together, with the upper one mostly black. Hibernates in the larval stage and pupates in a cocoon in the larval habitation.
The adults live very hidden in the vaccinium bushes but are sometimes active during sunny afternoons towards dusk and later come sparsely to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year and have been observed during June and July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea
The larva lives mainly on Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
Habitat
It occurs in moorland.
