Aproaerema captivella
Seq # 265020040
Aproaerema larseniella

Aproaerema cinctella (Clerck, 1759) Species

Last modified: April 18, 2024, 12:17 p.m.

A very rare species in Belgium, seldom recorded.

Details

Classification
Family: Gelechiidae > Subfamily: Anacampsinae > Tribus: Anacampsini > Genus: Aproaerema > Species: Aproaerema cinctella
Vernacular names
Vale bandpalpmot (NL), Scarce White-barred, White-streak Sober (EN)
Synonyms
Aproaerema vorticella (Scopoli, 1763)
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.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 11–14 mm. Forewings black, with a faint blue or violet sheen with a prominent pale transverse band. A small, white costal spot on the underside of the forewings. Hind wings as wide as forewings, brownish gray.
A. cinctella can have a straight or slightly inwardly curved fascia. This feature is therefore unsuitable on its own as an identification feature and genital control is necessary.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

The larva lives between spun leaves on the host plant.
The moths are active from late afternoon onwards and later come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from mid-June towards late July.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Lotus corniculatus and Trifolium repens

The larva lives on Lotus corniculatus, Trifolium repens and probably also Trifolium pratense and Genista.

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Habitat

It inhabits rough, dry ground, grasslands, open woodland, often on calcareous soils.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1780 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1778 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1954 Antwerpen
  • 1903 Limburg
  • 196 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 25 Brabant Wallon
  • 1661 Hainaut
  • 2202 Namur
  • 2126 Liège
  • 2212 Luxembourg