Eidophasia messingiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840) Species
Last modified: June 9, 2022, 4:33 p.m.
A very rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Plutellidae > Genus: Eidophasia > Species: Eidophasia messingiella
- Vernacular names
- Kruidkersmot (NL)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1860. Lépidoptères et chenilles observés en Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 4: 108–112. On page 111.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larvae bores through a shoot of the host plant and making holes in the leaves. Later it feeds on the underside of a leaf.
Pupation in an open network cocoon on the food plant or amongst detritus on the ground.
The moths come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: June and July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Cardamine amara and Cardaria draba
The larvae lives on Cardaria draba and Cardamine amara.
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