Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761) Species
Last modified: Feb. 27, 2021, 6:59 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Cossidae > Subfamily: Zeuzerinae > Genus: Zeuzera > Species: Zeuzera pyrina
- Vernacular names
- Gestippelde houtvlinder (NL)
- Synonyms
- Zeuzera aesculi (Linnaeus, 1767)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 24.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
The larva hibernates twice. It feeds in the living wood (branches, trunks) of the host plant. Frass often indicates the larval presence. Infected thin branches sometimes wilt and die. The full grown larva prepares an exit hole which sometimes remains closed by a thin layer of bark. Pupation takes place at the end of the gallery, head down. The pupa protrudes the exit hole before emerging. The moths come to light but males more frequently than females.
Flight periods
The adults fly from the end of May till the end of August but very occasionally also till late September.
Observed on
- Substrates:
- Deciduous trees and Shrubs
Various deciduous trees and shrubs, often in fruit trees.
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