Buckleria paludum (Zeller, 1839) Species
Last modified: Dec. 30, 2023, 3:20 p.m.
A very local and very rare species in Belgium, thus far only known from the Kempen.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Buckleria > Species: Buckleria paludum
- Vernacular names
- Zonnedauwvedermot (NL), Sonnentau-Federmotte (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1903. Note sur quelques Lépidoptères de la faune belge et sur leurs larves. — Revue mensuelle de la Société entomologique namuroise 3: 52–55. On page 52.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 12–14 mm.
Diagnostic features for the genus Buckleria: forewing cleft from middle, both lobes with an acute apex and some isolated dark scales (but not in the shape of a scale-tooth) at the dorsum of the third lobe on the hindwing.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The eggs are oviposited on the underside of the leaves. The larva feeds on the leaves and petioles and it pupates under the leaf or on the herbs in the vicinity.
The larvae of the second generation hibernate.
The adults are mainly active in the evening and just after dark.
Flight periods
Two generations a year in May-June, and again in July-August, with the top in August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Drosera rotundifolia
Monophagous on Drosera rotundifolia.
Habitat
Moorlands, peat bogs.
