Glyphipterix bergstraesserella (Fabricius, 1781) Species
Last modified: Nov. 28, 2023, 6:31 p.m.
A very rare and local species in the most eastern part of Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Glyphipterigidae > Subfamily: Glyphipteriginae > Genus: Glyphipterix > Species: Glyphipterix bergstraesserella
- Vernacular names
- Breedvleugelparelmot (NL), Hainsimsen-Wippmotte (DE)
- Synonyms
- Glyphipterix linneella (Linnaeus, 1790)
- 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 25 (as linneella). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 9–13 mm. Head dark beige - dark brown. The central body is dark grey-brown, sometimes with a coppery sheen. Forewings orange-brown, sometimes faintly greenish.
Six whitish spots on the costa, which continue towards the center as silvery streaks or spots. Three whitish spots on dorsum, the middle one is the largest and the one at the tornus is silvery.
Silver spots on the termen. Black scales along costa and dorsum between the white spots. Hindwings brownish, yellowish shiny.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Bionomics
The larva bores into the stem where it also pupates.
Flight periods
The adults are on the wing from mid-May towards late July.
Habitat
It inhabits open woods, woodland edges, roadside verges and rough overgrown clearings in woods and forests.
