Phaulernis fulviguttella
Seq # 340030005
Epermenia chaerophyllella

Epermenia aequidentellus (E. Hofmann, 1867) Species

Last modified: Jan. 18, 2024, 1 p.m.

The occurence in our country has been confirmed by DNA barcoding.
A new species for Belgium in 2019 in LG.

Details

Classification
Family: Epermeniidae > Subfamily: Epermeniinae > Tribus: Epermeniini > Genus: Epermenia > Species: Epermenia aequidentellus
Vernacular names
Grauer Möhren-Zahnflügelfalter (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Wullaert S., Thoen E., Pottier J. & Recour R. 2022. ‘Vallei van de Holzwarche’ te Rocherath (LG), Lepidoptera-hotspot met bespreking van zeldzame, eerder gevonden nieuwe soorten voor België en drie nieuwe soorten voor de Belgische fauna (Epermeniidae en Gelechiidae) — Phegea 50(1): 9–26. On page 14.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan: 9–12 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Flight periods

This species is bivoltine: from June to July and then again in September to October.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Anthriscus caucalis, Daucus carota, Meum athamanticum, Pimpinella saxifraga, Seseli libanotis, Seseli montanum and Torilis arvensis
Host plant (genera):
Angelica and Peucedanum

The larva lives on Angelica, Anthriscus caucalus, Daucus carota, Meum athamanticum, Peucedanum, Pimpinella saxifraga, Seseli libanotis, Seseli montanum subsp. peixotoanum and Torilis arvensis.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1788 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1789 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1964 Antwerpen
  • 1919 Limburg
  • 207 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1674 Hainaut
  • 2214 Namur
  • 2137 Liège
  • 2217 Luxembourg