Seq # 500540020

Scoparia basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866 Species

Last modified: Oct. 20, 2023, 4:40 p.m.


An uncommon species throughout Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Scopariinae > Genus: Scoparia > Species: Scoparia basistrigalis
Vernacular names
Scherpe granietmot (NL), Baum-Mooszünsler (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Crombrugghe G. 1906a. Catalogue raisonné des Microlépidoptères de Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société entomologique de Belgique XIII: 1–172; XIV: 1–155. On page 37.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

They are active at night and come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults have been observed from late May towards late July.


Observed on

Substrates:
Mosses

The larva lives on mosses like Mnium hornum.

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