Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847) Species
Last modified: May 6, 2024, 12:53 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium, especially in the northern part of our country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Bedelliidae > Genus: Bedellia > Species: Bedellia somnulentella
- Vernacular names
- Potloodmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Bedellia convolvulella (Fologne, 1860)
- 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 146.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Caterpillar
Mine
The mine is characterised by a narrow gallery, containing linear black frass and later leading to a small clear blotch. Subsequently the larva frequently changes its mine, and sometimes also its leaf, making a series of irregular clear blotches from which all frass is ejected. On the underside of the leaf, the larva also constructs an open network of silken threads which provide a platform from which the larva can eat and rest.
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Bionomics
The grey-brown pupa is attached to a leaf without a cocoon.
The adults hibernate. They come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year during August and from late September till May.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Convolvulus arvensis and Ipomoea purpurea
- Host plant (genera):
- Calystegia
The larva feeds on Convolvulus arvensis, Calystegia and Ipomoea.
