Syndemis musculana (Hübner, 1799) Species
Last modified: April 12, 2021, 2:20 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Archipini > Genus: Syndemis > Species: Syndemis musculana
- Vernacular names
- Struikbladroller (NL)
- 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 22.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Mine
Flight periods
The adults have been observed from late April till the end of July. Most specimens have been seen in May. They fly in late afternoon till dark and later occasionally come to light and sugar.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Larix kaempferi and Pinus contorta
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula, Rubus, Quercus and Picea
The larva lives polyphagously on shrubs and trees in a compact tube of spun leaves on Betula, Rubus, Quercus, Larix kaempferi, Pinus contorta ans less often on grasses or herbaceous plants. It hibernates in that tube and pupates in the larval habitation or amongst ground litter.
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