Dahlica triquetrella (Hübner 1813) (Family Psychidae)


Male

Male Forewing Length: 4mm;
Female Wingless
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
March - April April - February February - March March - May
(Earliest: 6.5)

Biotopes:
Heath and Moorland

Spruce Forest Edge

Hedge Rows
Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Lichens

Algae

Dead Insecta
Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Several Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Dahlica triquetrella
Dahlica triquetrella
Lepiforum: Dahlica triquetrella


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