Seq # 275020910

Coleophora tanaceti Mühlig, 1865 Species

Last modified: June 17, 2024, 12:13 p.m.


A new species for Belgium in 1985 (BR), Nowadays still a very rare species in the northern part of Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora tanaceti
Vernacular names
Wormkruidkokermot (NL)
First mention in Belgium
Coenen F. 1996. Coleophora tanaceti Mühlig, 1865 et Coleophora supinella Ortner, 1949, espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). — Phegea 24(2): 89–90. On page 89. view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 12–14,5 mm.
The forewings are light grey till light brown with lighter stripes.
The antennae are ringed alternating white and grey.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Case

The trivalved case is brown and made of silk, about 6 to 8 mm long, and with a mouth angle of 10°.
See also bladmineerders.be.


Bionomics

The eggs are oviposited on the flowers. Generally, this species lives in the inflorescence, feeding on the flowers; very rarely however it behaves as a leafminer feeding on the leaves of the plant. Larvae from August till November.
Cases can be found on the flowers till well in November, they hibernate on the plant itself or in the neighborhood at ground level.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from the end of May till the beginning of July.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Tanacetum vulgare
Host plant (genera):
Tanacetum

Tanacetum vulgare.

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