Swammerdamia pyrella (De Villers, 1789) Species
Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 6:25 p.m.
A rather rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Yponomeutidae > Subfamily: Yponomeutinae > Genus: Swammerdamia > Species: Swammerdamia pyrella
- Vernacular names
- Duifmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Swammerdamia cerasiella (Hübner, 1813)
- 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 24 (as cerasiella). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Bionomics
The larva lives under a slight silken web on the upperside of the leaves of the hostplant, feeding on the epidermis. Sometimes the web makes the edges of the leaf to curl upwards.
The imago's come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly in two hard to separate generations from May till August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus cerasus and Prunus domestica
- Host plant (genera):
- Crataegus, Malus and Prunus
The larvae feed on: Crataegus, Malus, Prunus and Pyrus.
No pictures yet!
