Argyresthia goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 6:52 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Argyresthiidae > Genus: Argyresthia > Subgenus: Argyresthia > Species: Argyresthia goedartella
- Vernacular names
- Berkenpedaalmot (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 25.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Bionomics
The larva lives in a shoot or in the catkins of the food plant, sometimes congregating under bark in the spring. The larva hibernates.
Pupation in a cocoon in or under the bark.
They occasionally come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from late June till the end of September, sometimes well into October.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Alnus glutinosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula
The larva lives on Betula spp. or Alnus glutinosa.
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