Phycitodes maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Phycitodes[1]
Species:
P. maritima
Binomial name
Phycitodes maritima
(Tengström, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Phycidea nebulella var. maritima Tengström, 1848
  • Homoeosoma nimbella var. canuisella Ragonot, 1901
  • Homoeosoma carlinella Heinemann, 1865
  • Homoeosoma cretacella Rössler, 1866
  • Homoeosoma senecionis Vaughan, 1870

Phycitodes maritima is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Lithuania, Ukraine and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It may also be absent from the Iberian Peninsula).[2]

The wingspan is 19–24 millimetres (0.75–0.94 in).[3][4] Adults are on wing from April to May and from June to August. There are two generations per year.

Figs. 5 larva after final moult 5a larva and frass covered web on ragwort


The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium, Tanacetum vulgare and Senecio jacobaea. They initially live in the upper stem and leaf-axil of their host plant, later they are found on the flowers in a web. Larvae of the second generation hibernate in a cocoon. Pupation takes place in another cocoon.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Phycitodes maritima (Tengstrom, 1848)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ↑ UKmoths
  5. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium


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