Seq # 500720010

Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: Nov. 15, 2023, 9:30 a.m.


A very common species throughout Belgium, sometimes very abundant.


Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Crambinae > Genus: Chrysoteuchia > Species: Chrysoteuchia culmella
Vernacular names
Gewone grasmot (NL), Garden Grass-Veneer (EN), Crambus des jardins (FR), Rispengraszünsler (DE)
Synonyms
Chrysoteuchia cespitella (Hübner, 1796) and Chrysoteuchia hortuella (Hübner, 1796)
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 22 (as Crambus hortuellus H.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Genitalia


Bionomics

The larva lives at the stem-bases of grasses, without making a silken gallery. Pupation in a cocoon on or under the surface of the ground, in which the larva has overwintered.
The adults are easily disturbed by day and come readily to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from mid-May till the end of August, occasionally later.


Observed on

Substrates:
Grasses

The larva feeds on various grass species.

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