Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: April 21, 2024, 9:53 a.m.
A common species in the northern part of Belgium, elsewhere rather rare.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Acentropinae > Genus: Cataclysta > Species: Cataclysta lemnata
- Vernacular names
- Kroosvlindertje (NL), Small China-mark moth (EN), Hydrocampe de la lentille d'eau (FR), Wasserlinsenzünsler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 19 (as Hydrocampa lemnalis). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva constructs an irregular, oval, portable case of leaf fragments of the food plant. The case contains air but the larva lives under the water surface.
Pupation in a dense oval cocoon of white silk covered with leaf fragments attached just below the water surface.
The males fly at dusk over the surface of the water, females are active at night. Both sexes come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly usually from May towards September, occasionally later.
