Phycitodes albatella
Phycitodes albatella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Phycitodes[1] |
Species: | P. albatella |
Binomial name | |
Phycitodes albatella (Ragonot, 1887) | |
Synonyms | |
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Phycitodes albatella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Slovenia, Croatia and Ukraine),[2] Uzbekistan[1] and North America.[3]
The wingspan is 15–20 mm.[4] There are three generations per year with adults on wing from April to September.[5]
The larvae feed on Senecio, Crepis and Solidago species, as well as Sonchus arvensis. They initially live in the upper stem and leaf-axil of their host plant, but later on the flowers within a web. Larvae of the second generation hibernate within a cocoon. Pupation takes place in another cocoon.[6]
References
- 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ lepiforum.de
- ↑ Roesler, U., 1967. Zyklomorphose bei Rotruda albatella (Ragonot) (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayrischen Entomologen Jahrgang 16. (1./2.): 1-7
- ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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