Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767) Species
Last modified: March 15, 2025, 3:06 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Choreutidae > Subfamily: Choreutinae > Genus: Anthophila > Species: Anthophila fabriciana
- Vernacular names
- Brandnetelmot (NL), Nettle tap (EN), Rundstirnmotte, Brennnessel-Spreizflügelfalter (DE)
- Synonyms
- Anthophila oxyacanthella (Linnaeus, 1767) and Anthophila alternalis (Treitschke, 1829)
- 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
Museum specimens
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Caterpillar
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
The larvae live in a web on the upper surface of the leaves of Urtica and Parietaria. They usually fold the leaf upwards.
Pupation in a thick silken cocoon in or near that web.
The moths are active during the day.
Flight periods
The adults fly in two generation per year from early May till the beginning of July, and from mid-August till early October. The autumn generation is less abundant.
