Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller, 1838 Species
Last modified: Jan. 20, 2020, 2:50 p.m.
A fairly common species in many places in Belgium. It became less common in orchards than in the past, most likely due to the extensive use of insecticides.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Yponomeutidae > Subfamily: Yponomeutinae > Genus: Yponomeuta > Species: Yponomeuta malinellus
- Vernacular names
- Appelstippelmot (NL), Apple Ermine (EN), Apfel-Gespinstmotte (DE)
- 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 23. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Caterpillar
Mine
In spring the young hibernated caterpillars initially make small full depth mines but they soon leave them to live together in a communal web.
See also bladmineerders.be
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Bionomics
The larvae live gregariously in a silken web on Malus spp. Pupation in a dense white silken cocoon, neatly arranged together in the larval web.
The adults are attracted to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from early June till the end of August.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Malus
This species feeds monophagously on Malus species.
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