Coleophora tanaceti Mühlig, 1865 Species
Last modified: Sept. 14, 2023, 12:39 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
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Native
Distribution
Imago
The fore wings are light grey till light brown with lighter stripes.
The antennae are ringed alternating white and grey.
The wing span is 12–14,5 mm.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Case
The case is brown and made of silk. It is trivalved, 6–8 mm, 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 or on the plant itself or in the neighborhood at ground level.
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.
