Seq # 500730020

Crambus hamella (Thunberg, 1788) Species

Last modified: Nov. 15, 2023, 9:42 a.m.


A very rare and local species in Belgium, bound to sandy biotopes, only known from the Kempen and the extreme south.


Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Crambinae > Tribus: Crambini > Genus: Crambus > Species: Crambus hamella
Vernacular names
Scherphoekgrasmot (NL), Hochmoor-Graszünsler (DE)
Synonyms
Crambus ensigerella (Hübner, 1813)
First mention in Belgium
De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 98 (as C.[rambus] Ensigerellus. H.; Tr.; Dup.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

They are active at dusk and come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from July till mid-September, but mailnly during August.


Observed on

The feeding habits of the larva are poorly known. Like its congeners, it probably feeds on grasses like Deschampsia flexuosa.

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Habitat

It inhabits sandy biotopes.

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