Epichnopterix plumella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Nov. 22, 2024, 12:57 p.m.
A not so common species, but known from many localities throughout Belgium, especially in the Kempen and the southern part of the country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Psychidae > Subfamily: Epichnopteriginae > Tribus: Epichnopterigini > Genus: Epichnopterix > Species: Epichnopterix plumella
- Vernacular names
- Graszakdrager (NL), Kleiner Wollsackträger, Wiesen-Sackträger (DE)
- Synonyms
- Epichnopterix pulla (Esper, 1785)
- 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 9 (as Fumea pulla Esp.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva lives in a case in which is constructed from grasses of different species of Gramineae.
The female lacks legs, and antennae and is apterous and remains in the case during its entire life, attracting the male by scent. The males fly around noon in the sunshine.
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Flight periods
One generation a year from late April till the end of June.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Festuca rubra, Molinia caerulea, Potentilla neumanniana and Plantago lanceolata
- Host plant (genera):
- Vicia
- Substrates:
- Grasses
Polyphagous on grasses [Poaceae] and herbs.
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Habitat
Meadows, forest clearings, moorland.
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