Agriphila tristella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Sept. 24, 2020, 11:34 a.m.
A common species throughout Belgium, sometimes in large numbers.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Crambinae > Tribus: Crambini > Genus: Agriphila > Species: Agriphila tristella
- Vernacular names
- Variabele grasmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Agriphila aquilella (Hübner, 1796)
- 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 23 (as aquilellus). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Flight periods
The adults fly from the beginning of July till mid September. Most abundant in the second half of July and in August. They are easily disturbed by day and come to light.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Poa
The larva feeds in a vertical silken gallery, not reaching the ground, along the lower part of a stem of Deschampsia cespitosa, Poa spp. or other grasses. It hibernates. Pupation in a silken frass-covered cocoon.
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