Ypsolopha sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767) Species
Last modified: Feb. 18, 2022, 10:10 a.m.
A rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Ypsolophidae > Subfamily: Ypsolophinae > Genus: Ypsolopha > Species: Ypsolopha sylvella
- Vernacular names
- Gele spitskopmot (NL), Gelbe Doppelband-Schabenmotte (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 24. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 17–20 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva feeds on the leaves of the food plant.
It pupates in a pale brown boat-shaped cocoon under a leaf, in a crevice in bark or among plant debris on the ground.
The adults fly by night and come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year during August and September.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus
The larva feeds on Quercus, but also on other deciduous trees like: Corylus, Carpinus betulus, Betula and also Myrica gale.
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