Atemelia torquatella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Species
Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 7:10 p.m.
A fairly rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Praydidae > Genus: Atemelia > Species: Atemelia torquatella
- Vernacular names
- Vanillevlekje (NL), Moorbirken-Gespinstfalter (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 125.
- Status
-
Native
Distribution
Caterpillar
Bionomics
The larva lives inside a blotch mine on the food plant. A light web is spun beneath the mine and the larva moves between web and leaf. Frass is ejected from the mine and collected on the web.
It hibernates in a cocoon within the mine, later it pupates in a boat-shaped cocoon amongst debris on the ground.
No pictures yet!
Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year during June and July.
