Phycitodes maritima

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Phycitodes maritima
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P. maritima
Binomial name
Phycitodes maritima
(Tengström, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Phycidea nebulella var. maritimaTengström, 1848
  • Homoeosoma nimbella var. canuisellaRagonot, 1901
  • Homoeosoma carlinellaHeinemann, 1865
  • Homoeosoma cretacellaRössler, 1866
  • Homoeosoma senecionisVaughan, 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 Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths Plate CLVII.jpg
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]

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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
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