Seq # 500520060

Eudonia truncicolella (Stainton, 1849) Species

Last modified: Oct. 20, 2023, 4:33 p.m.


A fairly common species throughout Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Scopariinae > Genus: Eudonia > Species: Eudonia truncicolella
Vernacular names
Nazomergranietmot (NL), Eudorée des troncs (FR), Spätsommer-Mooszünsler, Grauer Mooszünsler (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 102.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

The larva hibernates. The adults fly at dusk and come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly mainly from the end of July till August/September, occasionally later.


Observed on

Substrates:
Mosses

The larva lives in a silken gallery in several species of mosses growing on the ground.

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