Syndemis musculana (Hübner, 1799) Species
Last modified: May 16, 2021, 5:06 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
Wingspan: 15–22 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Mine
Bionomics
The larva lives polyphagously on shrubs and trees in a compact tube of spun leaves on the host plants.
It hibernates in that tube and pupates in the larval habitation or amongst ground litter.
The adults fly in late afternoon till dark and later occasionally come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults have been observed from late April till the end of July. Most specimens have been seen in May.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Larix kaempferi and Pinus contorta
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula, Rubus, Quercus and Picea
The larva lives on: Betula, Rubus, Quercus, Larix kaempferi, Pinus contorta and less often on grasses or herbaceous plants like *Cytisus, Solidago, ...
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