Capperia fusca
Seq # 321150040
Capperia trichodactyla

Capperia loranus (Fuchs, 1895) Species

Last modified: Dec. 3, 2024, 3:19 p.m.

An extremely rare and local species in Belgium, only known from the past in the southermost province LX. After a long period with no observations, discovered again in 2023 in NA.

Details

Classification
Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Capperia > Species: Capperia loranus
Vernacular names
Trosgamandervedermot (NL)
Synonyms
Capperia fletcheri sensu Janmoulle, 1957, nec Adamczewski, 1951
First mention in Belgium
Gibeaux C. 1991. Etude des Pterophoridae (19e note). Description d'un pterophore normand : Capperia sequanensis n. sp. (Lep. Pterophoridae). — Entomologica Gallica 2: 73–74. On page 74.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 14 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Flight periods

Two generations a year from the end of May to early June and again in July–August.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Teucrium botrys

The biology is insufficiently known; the larva is supposed to be monophagous on Teucrium botrys.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1799 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1793 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1967 Antwerpen
  • 1920 Limburg
  • 214 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1680 Hainaut
  • 2224 Namur
  • 2143 Liège
  • 2222 Luxembourg