Specimen photographed in Köln
(Nordrhein-Westfalen) in 2001.
Synonyms
Hypsopygia glaucinalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Orthopygia
glaucinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bleone
glaucinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ocrasa glaucinalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Hypsopygia
nitidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Orthopygia
nitidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Note: the genus Ocrasa is usually regarded as
a synomym of Hypsopygia and I accept this
notion here.
Identification
Wing span 20 - 32
mm. Forewing ground color dark bluish gray,
more purple (or reddish-brown) towards the
wing base. The anteromedial and postmedial
lines are pale yellow. The fringes are
slate gray.
Distribution
A
common species. Occurs in all of Europe
(except for northern parts), north-west
Africa, Asia east to Japan and Sakhalin. In Germany
recorded from all Bundesländer.
Biology
Lives mainly in areas with trees and bushes,
but is also found in buildings. The larva
lives in silken tubes in plant material e.g.
hay, straw, leaf litter, and nests of birds.
Flight season May to October (but may be
found the year round in houses), larva lives
from September and overwintering to June.
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