Stictea mygindiana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: April 11, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
A very rare species in southern Belgium, can be locally fairly common.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Olethreutini > Genus: Stictea > Species: Stictea mygindiana
- Vernacular names
- Bosbeslijnbladroller (NL), Cowberry Marble (EN), Preiselbeer-Blattwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Stictea flammeana (Frölich, 1828)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 21.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 17–20 mm. It has a characteristic purplish brown coloration of the forewing and a dark grey head.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Bionomics
The larva lives in spun leaves on the host plant. Hibernates as an early instar larva, later it pupates in a cocoon in feeding place of larva.
The adults are active from late afternoon and later come sparsely to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in May and June in a single generation a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea
The larva lives on Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Arctostaphylus uva-ursi and Myrica gale. Rarely also found on V. uliginosum.
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Habitat
A species of heathland and moorland.
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