Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

feathered thorn

on broadleaved trees

Hoofddorp, 24.xi.2019 © Laurens van der Linde

lateral

frontal

23.v.2023: larva

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Acer campestre, pseudoplatanus; Betula pendula; Carpinus betulus; Cornus mas; Corylus avellana; Crataegus azarolus, monogyna, submollis; Fagus sylvatica; Fraxinus excelsior; Juglans regia; Ligustrum vulgare; Lonicera caprifolium, xylosteum; Malus domestica; Pistacia lentiscus, terebinthus; Populus nigra, tremula; Prunus avium, domestica & subsp. insititia, padus, spinosa; Pyrus elaeagrifolia; Quercus faginea, frainetto, ilex, petraea, pyrenaica, robur; Rosa dumalis; Rubus idaeus; Salix alba, caprea; Syringa vulgaris; Tilia; Ulmus glabra, minor.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Gomez de Aizpúrua, Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Adolph, Kortstock, Niehoff & Schweitzer (2019a), Cifuentes & Alcobendas (2008a), Ebert (ed., 1997a), Gomez de Aizpúrua (1987a), King & González-Estébanez (2015a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2021), Müller & Skou (2009a), pyrgus.de (2023), Tautel & Barbut (2011a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).