Epiblema foenella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Nov. 27, 2023, 10:20 a.m.
A common species in the northern part of Belgium, in the southern part not so common.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Epiblema > Species: Epiblema foenella
- Vernacular names
- Hoefijzermot (NL), White-foot Moth, White-foot Bell (EN), Sichel-Beifußwickler (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 21.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 17–26 mm. One of the more distinctive Epiblema species, with dark brown forewings and with a diagnostic angular whitish marking, although the shape and colour of this mark does vary.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Bionomics
The larva lives in the roots of the food plants. They hibernate full-fed in the feeding place.
Pupation takes place in June in the same place.
The adults are active in late afternoon and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been observed from early June till early September, occasionally later.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Artemisia vulgaris and Artemisia abrotanum
- Host plant (genera):
- Anthemis
The larva lives in the roots of Artemisia vulgaris, Artemisia abrotanum and Anthemis tinctoria.
Habitat
It inhabits rough uncultivated ground, waysides, river banks etc...
