Yponomeuta plumbella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Nov. 27, 2024, 12:42 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Yponomeutidae > Subfamily: Yponomeutinae > Genus: Yponomeuta > Species: Yponomeuta plumbella
- Vernacular names
- Grootvlekstippelmot (NL), Faulbaum-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
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Three Belgian species Yponomeuta live on the host plant Euonymus.
Caterpillars of Yponomeuta cagnagella and Yponomeuta irorella are very difficult to distinguish.
In contrast to the caterpillars of Yponomeuta cagnagella which live socially in a web, Yponomeuta irorella caterpillars live individually in a web.
The caterpillars of the third species Yponomeuta plumbella are easy to distinguish from the other 2 species.
Bionomics
The larva lives on the food plant at first in a shoot, later on between spun leaves.
The adults come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly onwards from early June to early September with a peak during July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Euonymus europaeus
The larva lives on Euonymus europaeus.
