Epiblema foenella
Seq # 362630030
Epiblema graphana

Epiblema grandaevana (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Species

Last modified: Nov. 27, 2023, 10:43 a.m.

A very rare and local species in Belgium, not seen for a while.

Details

Classification
Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Epiblema > Species: Epiblema grandaevana
Vernacular names
Grote zadelmot (NL), Great Root-borer, Great Bell (EN)
First mention in Belgium
Janmoulle E. 1958b. Espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge (suite). — Lambillionea 58: 73–75. On page 73.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 21–30 mm. A large drab species with a bowed costa. The wings are grey brown with numerous darker spots and strigulae.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Egg

The egg is usually deposited at the base of the heart shoots, more rarely on the lower stem part of the plant.

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Bionomics

The larvae live from August to May and bore in the roots in large tubular tunnels on the host plant where pupation also occurs. The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing from late May towards July in one generation.

Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Petasites

The larva lives on Petasites. In literature is Tussilago farfara also mentioned as a host plant, but this is uncertain, however ther is a lot of discussion about it.

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Habitat

It inhabits ruderal places, uncultivated areas where the host plant occurs.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1780 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1778 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1954 Antwerpen
  • 1903 Limburg
  • 196 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 25 Brabant Wallon
  • 1661 Hainaut
  • 2202 Namur
  • 2126 Liège
  • 2212 Luxembourg