Evergestis pallidata (Hufnagel, 1767) Species
Last modified: Oct. 21, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Evergestinae > Genus: Evergestis > Species: Evergestis pallidata
- Vernacular names
- Bonte valkmot (NL), Evergète des bois (FR), Kleiner Kohlzünsler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Evergestis straminalis (Hübner, 1793) and Evergestis stramentalis (Hübner, 1825)
- 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 19 (as Scopula stramentalis Tr.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larvae live gregariously on the leaves of their foodplant. They feed from the underside, close to the midrib and later make holes in the leaf.
They hibernate in their cocoons in the soil. Pupation in a cocoon on the underside of leaves or on the ground surface in early spring.
The adults fly at dusk and come to light.
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Flight periods
One generation a year from May to September with a peak during August. Occasionally the species can be seen a little earlier or later.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Barbarea vulgaris and Diplotaxis tenuifolia
- Host plant (genera):
- Cardamine, Brassica, Sisymbrium and Cochlearia
Polyphagous on Brassicaceae.
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