Colour Variants

Forewing Length: 5-10mm;
Wingspan: 11-20mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	April - May July - August	May, August	May - October (Earliest: 29.4)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous Stem Borer)	Juncus conglomeratus	Juncus effusus	Scirpus sylvaticus
Parasitoids:	Glypta elongata Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Many Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Possible Predators:	Several Vespidae	Several Miridae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Bactra lancealana
Bactra lancealana
Nature Spot: Bactra lancealana
Lepiforum: Bactra lancealana
Plant Parasites of Europe: Bactra lancealana

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