Seq # 490350010

Assara terebrella (Zincken, 1818) Species

Last modified: July 13, 2024, 7:40 a.m.


A fairly common species throughout Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Pyralidae > Subfamily: Phycitinae > Tribus: Phycitini > Genus: Assara > Species: Assara terebrella
Vernacular names
Fijnsparkegelmot (NL), Dunkler Fichten-Zünsler (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Janmoulle E. 1946b. Microlépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune belge. — Lambillionea 46: 121–123. On page 121.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Genitalia


Bionomics

The larva lives in a cone on a conifer, inhibiting its development and causing it to fall prematurely. The larva lives probably two years. Pupation in the cone.
The adults fly at dusk and later come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from onwards from May till mid-September, occasionally later.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Picea abies

The larva lives in on Picea abies.

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