Seq # 245050020

Crassa unitella (Hübner, 1796) Species

Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 7:17 p.m.


A common species throughout Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Oecophoridae > Subfamily: Oecophorinae > Genus: Crassa > Species: Crassa unitella
Vernacular names
Zwamboorder (NL)
Synonyms
Crassa arietella (Zeller, 1839)
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 124 (as arietella). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature


Caterpillar

Brownish to dark brown; head capsule chestnut-brown, prothoracic plate dark brown, abdominal segment chestnut-brown; thoracic legs brown.


Bionomics

The species hibernates in the larval stage.
Pupation in a slight silken cocoon in the larval feeding place during May–June.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from early June till the end of August.


Observed on

Substrates:
Dead wood, Fungi, Lichens and Mosses

The larva lives on dead wood and fungus under the bark of various trees; it also consumes lichens and mosses.

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Habitat

Different kinds of forests, bushes, parks, orchards.

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