Synaphe punctalis (Fabricius, 1775) Species
Last modified: Nov. 2, 2023, 12:22 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium, but more frequently observed in the north.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Pyralinae > Tribus: Pyralini > Genus: Synaphe > Species: Synaphe punctalis
- Vernacular names
- Pinokkiomot (NL), Long-legged Tabby (EN), Clédéobie étroite (FR), Dürrwiesen-Zünsler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Synaphe angustalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- 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 19 (as angustalis).
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 22–27 mm. The females are paler, narrower-winged and heavier-bodied than males, and both sexes exhibit a rather long-legged appearance.
Museum specimens
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Bionomics
The larva lives in a slight web concealed on the food plant, but ejecting its frass onto the surface. It hibernates and pupates in a silken cocoon.
The males can be sometimes found flying in daytime, as well as at night and later the adults come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly mainly from June till the end of August, occasionally later.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Hypnum cupressiforme
- Substrates:
- Mosses
The larva lives on various mosses on the ground in damp places preferring Hypnum cupressiforme.
Habitat
It frequents open environments.
