Agapeta zoegana (Linnaeus, 1767) Species
Last modified: Nov. 14, 2023, 12:01 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Cochylini > Genus: Agapeta > Species: Agapeta zoegana
- Vernacular names
- Kanariepietje (NL), Knapweed Conch (EN), Schwefelgelber Flockenblumen-Wurzelfresser (DE)
- 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 22.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 15–25 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The eggs are laid in the stem crevices and on the leaves . The larvae hatch from the eggs in seven to ten days and move immediately to the root crown and mine into the root, hibernate full-fed in a silken cocoon, and pupate in that cocoon during next spring.
The adults may be found resting vertically on the knapweed stems or under the leaves.They are active from sunset onwards and later occasionally come to light. Adults live from eleven to fourteen days.
Flight periods
The adults from mid-May till the end of August, occasionally later.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Centaurea nigra
- Host plant (genera):
- Scabiosa
The larva lives mainly on Centaurea nigra, less often on Scabiosa.
Habitat
It inhabits disturbed sites, grasslands, riparian sites, open places.
