Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Species
Last modified: Dec. 3, 2024, 3:12 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Alucitidae > Genus: Alucita > Species: Alucita hexadactyla
- Vernacular names
- Kamperfoeliebloesemmot (NL), Twenty plume Moth (EN), Ornéode du Chèvrefeuille (FR), Geißblattgeistchen (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 25 (as Alucita L. Curtis. hexadactyla L.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 14–16 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
It pupates in a tough cocoon on or under the surface of the ground.
The adults hibernate. They are active at dusk and after dark and sometimes come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from August till June, with peaks in April–May and July–August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Lonicera periclymenum
The larva lives in the flower-buds and mines in the leaves of Lonicera periclymenum, and other Lonecera sp.
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