Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Jan. 11, 2025, 8:29 a.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Lyonetiidae > Subfamily: Lyonetiinae > Genus: Lyonetia > Species: Lyonetia clerkella
- Vernacular names
- Hangmatmot (NL)
- 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 152 (as L.[yonetia] Clerckella [sic]. L.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
The young larva makes a long, sinuous leaf mine mainly on rosaceous trees.
It pupates in a silken cocoon which is suspended by silken threads on either surface of a leaf.
The imago hibernates, often in thatch or evergreens. They are mainly active at dusk but occasionally come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly usually in three generations a year from April towards October and after hibernation again in spring.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus avium, Prunus cerasus, Prunus padus, Prunus spinosa, Prunus mahaleb, Malus domestica, Sorbus aucuparia, Betula pendula and Betula pubescens
- Host plant (genera):
- Prunus, Malus, Sorbus, Crataegus, Cotoneaster and Betula
- Substrates:
- Polyphagous
The larva lives on different species of Prunus, Crataegus, Malus domestica, Cotoneaster, Sorbus, Carpinus or on Betula.
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