Arytaina genistae (Latreille, 1805)
on Fabaceae
5th instar larva (from Ossiannilsson, 1992a)
parasite
Eggs in groups around the base of young, unopened buds or in the axils of young tender foliage. Bivoltine, hibernation as imago.
host plants
Fabaceae, Genisteae, narrowly oligophagous
Cytisus austriacus & subsp. heuffelii, praecox, scoparius; Genista tinctoria; ? Ulex europaeus.
According to Hodkinson & Hollis only Cytisus scoparius with certainty is a host plant.
distribution within Europe
predators
references
Baugnée, Burckhardt & Fassotte (2002a), den Bieman, Malenovský, Burckhardt & Heijerman (2019a), Burckhardt (1983a, 2002a, 2008a), Conci, Rapisarda & Tamanini (1992a), Hellrigl (2004a), Hodkinson (2009a), Hodkinson & Hollis (1987a), Hodkinson & White (1979a), van Klink (2014a), Lauterer (1976a, 1993a), O’Connor & Malumphy (2011a), Ossiannilsson (1992a), Rapisarda (1998a), Rapisarda, Weigand, Braun & Eickermann (2022a), Seljak (2006a, 2020a), Watmough (1968a), White & Hodkinson (1982a).