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Eidophasia messingiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840)

A not so common species in Belgium. 

The larvae bores through a shoot of Cardaria draba and Cardamine amara and making holes in the leaves. Later it feeds on the underside of a leaf. Pupation in an open network cocoon on the foodplant or amongst detritus on the ground. 

The adults fly in one generation a year; June and July. The moths come to light.


Belgium, Antwerpen, Schoten, 11 June 2007.
(Photo © Adriaan Peeters)
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