Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Jan. 22, 2021, 7:18 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Yponomeutidae > Subfamily: Yponomeutinae > Genus: Yponomeuta > Species: Yponomeuta padella
- Vernacular names
- Meidoornstippelmot (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 23. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Caterpillar
Light to dark grey body with two large black dots and some smaller black spots on each segment. Head black.
Cocoon/pupa
A loose cocoon consisting of a few spun silken threads. Pupa dark yellowish with head, wing sheats and last abdominal segment black.
Bionomics
The larvae live gregariously in a silken web. Before pupation the larvae leave the web and make a very slight, more or less spherical web close to the ground. Each larva spins a slight silken web inside the spherical web.
The adults are active at night and come to light.
Flight periods
One generation a year: July–August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus spinosa and Prunus cerasifera
- Host plant (genera):
- Crataegus and Prunus
Mainly Prunus spinosa and Crataegus spp., but also on different other species of Prunus.
Habitat
Road and forest edges, parks, plantations.
