Stenoptilia graphodactyla
Seq # 321280040
Stenoptilia pneumonanthes

Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla (Stein, 1837) Species

Last modified: Dec. 3, 2024, 3:55 p.m.

A very rare and local species in Belgium. There are no records in the 21st century, so the species might have disappeared from the country.

Details

Classification
Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Stenoptilia > Species: Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
Vernacular names
Steenbreekvedermot (NL)
First mention in Belgium
Lambillion L.-J. 1904e. Lépidoptères nouveaux pour la Belgique. — Revue mensuelle de la Société entomologique namuroise 4: 67. On page 67.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 20–25 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

The caterpillar lives in the flower buds, flowers and seeds, less commonly also on the leaves.
Pupation on the stem of the food plant.

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Flight periods

Two generation a year from April to July and September.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Saxifraga granulata

Oligophagous on Saxifragaceae, of all mentioned species in the literature, only Saxifraga granulata occurs in Belgium, but it is possible that the species lives on other Saxifraga * species. Other recorded food plants like Plantago, Globularia and Gentiana* need verification.

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Habitat

Open places in forests, grassy slopes.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1799 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1793 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1967 Antwerpen
  • 1920 Limburg
  • 214 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1680 Hainaut
  • 2224 Namur
  • 2143 Liège
  • 2222 Luxembourg