Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus, 1767)

spotted ash looper

on Fraxinus, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Oleaceae, ? monophagous

Fraxinus angustifolia, excelsior.

? Also Ulmus

phenology

Hibernation as pupa in the soil.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Gomez de Aizpúrua, Lepiforum, Prieto.

references

Gomez de Aizpúrua (1987a), Lepiforum (2021), Özbek & Çalmaşur (2010a), Pernek, Lacković & Matošević (2013a), Prieto (1986a).