Phycitodes albatella explained

Phycitodes albatella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Slovenia, Croatia and Ukraine),^[1] Uzbekistan^[2] 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]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184106/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441856 Fauna Europaea
2. Web site: World Pyraloidea Database . Globiz.pyraloidea.org. 2012-02-22.
3. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5946 mothphotographersgroup
4. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Phycitodes_Albatella lepiforum.de
5. http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/NachBlBayEnt_016_0001-0007.pdf Roesler, U., 1967. Zyklomorphose bei Rotruda albatella (Ragonot) (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayrischen Entomologen Jahrgang 16. (1./2.): 1-7
6. http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Pyralidae/Palbatella.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium