Phycitodes maritima
| Phycitodes maritima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Phycitodes[1] |
| Species: | P. maritima |
| Binomial name | |
| Phycitodes maritima (Tengstrom, 1848) | |
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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.
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
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ "Phycitodes maritima (Tengstrom, 1848)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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