Phycitodes albatella

Phycitodes albatella
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
  • Homoeosoma albatella Ragonot, 1887
  • Homoeosoma parvum Gerasimov, 1930
  • Homoeosoma pseudonimbella Bentinck, 1937
  • Rotruda albatella (Ragonot, 1887)

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. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de
  5. ↑ Roesler, U., 1967. Zyklomorphose bei Rotruda albatella (Ragonot) (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayrischen Entomologen Jahrgang 16. (1./2.): 1-7
  6. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium


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