Seq # 500540030

Scoparia conicella (La Harpe, 1863) Species

Last modified: Oct. 20, 2023, 4:43 p.m.


A very rare and local species in the southern part of Belgium. Not often recorded.


Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Scopariinae > Genus: Scoparia > Species: Scoparia conicella
Vernacular names
Schuinbandgranietmot (NL)
Synonyms
Scoparia sylvestralis Wolff, 1959
First mention in Belgium
Rosman P. 1983. Essai d’inventaire des Pyrales de la Lorraine Belge et des régions avoisinantes (Lep. Pyralidae). — Linneana belgica 9: 90–102. On page 92.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Genitalia

Female: ductus bursae with a bow beyond corpus bursae, no sclerotization anterior of ductus seminalis.


Bionomics

The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from late May towards July, but mainly during June.


Observed on

Substrates:
Mosses

The larva lives on different species of mosses and herbaceous seed plants.

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