Batrachedra praeangusta (Haworth, 1828) Species
Last modified: Dec. 3, 2024, 2:21 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Batrachedridae > Genus: Batrachedra > Species: Batrachedra praeangusta
- Vernacular names
- Katjessmalvleugelmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Batrachedra turdipennella (Kollar, 1832)
- 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 148 (as C.[osmopteryx] Turdipennella. Koll.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
They have elongated narrow forewings.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The caterpillar lives in the female catkins, at first mining the flowers and the seeds. Later on, it spins a tough web. The catkins are destroyed and then the larva moves to the buds which are hollowed out completely—pupation in a narrow cocoon in a crack in the bark of the tree. The cocoon is very well camouflaged because it is covered with particles of lichen.
The adults are active at dusk and later come to light.
Flight periods
One generation a year from the end of June till early August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Populus alba, Populus tremula, Salix alba and Salix caprea
The larva lives in the catkins and the leaves of several species of Salix, also on Populus and rarely on Quercus.
