Yponomeuta sedella Treitschke, 1832 Species
Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 6:28 p.m.
Rather common in many areas of Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Yponomeutidae > Subfamily: Yponomeutinae > Genus: Yponomeuta > Species: Yponomeuta sedella
- Vernacular names
- Hemelsleutelstippelmot (NL), l'Yponomeute de lorpin (FR), Sedum-Gespinstmotte (DE)
- Synonyms
- Yponomeuta vigintipunctata (Retzius, 1783)
- 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
Bionomics
The larvae live gregariously in a slight web, on the leaves of the food plant and related cultivars, possibly also on other plants. Pupation in a cocoon amongst leaf-litter or spun up under a flower-head of the food plant.
The adults occasionally come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations: from end of April till May, and again during July and August. In Belgium most specimens have been observed in July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Sedum telephium
The larvae live on Sedum telephium.
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