Yponomeuta sedella Treitschke, 1832 Species
Last modified: March 27, 2025, 10:15 a.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 (as Yponomeuta sedella Tr.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Bionomics
The larvae live gregariously in a slight web on the leaves of the food plant and related cultivars, possibly also on other plants. They pupate in a cocoon amongst leaf litter or spin up under a flower head of the food plant.
The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two, perhaps three generations a year from late March to mid-September. 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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