Hadena irregularis (Hufnagel, 1766)

viper’s bugloss

on Silene, etc.

parasite

Larvae at/in flowers and fruits; older larvae hide in the litter at daytime.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous

Dianthus barbatus, caryophyllus; Gypsophila altissima, fastigiata, paniculata, perfoliata; Silene flos-cuculi, otites, ulgaris.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Beshkov (2000b), Ebert (ed., 1998a), Gelbrecht & Richert (2000a), Lepiforum (2021), Prieto-Benitez, Yela & Gimenez-Benavides (2017a), Pyrgus (2021), Savchuk & Kajgorodova (2013a).