Acompsia cinerella
Seq # 265110020
Acompsia schmidtiellus

Acompsia tripunctella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Feb. 26, 2024, 5:18 p.m.

Although this is an easily recognizable species in the genus, it has not been reported from Belgium for a long time. Probably extinct.

Details

Classification
Family: Gelechiidae > Subfamily: Dichomeridinae > Genus: Acompsia > Subgenus: Acompsia > Species: Acompsia tripunctella
Vernacular names
Gevlekte fluweelpalpmot (NL)
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.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 19-23 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

The larva makes no spinning, apart from a silken tube covered with leaf litter for hibernating. It pupates in June on the ground in a loose cocoon.
The adults are active during late afternoons and later come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing from June towards September.

Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Plantago

It is believed to feed on Plantago.

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Habitat

It inhabits clearings and edges of forests, meadows etc...

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1788 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1789 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1964 Antwerpen
  • 1919 Limburg
  • 207 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1674 Hainaut
  • 2214 Namur
  • 2137 Liège
  • 2217 Luxembourg