Opisthograptis luteolata (Linnaeus, 1758)

brimstone moth

onPrunus, etc.

Opisthograptis luteolata

Hoofddorp, 23.vii.2020 © Laurens van der Linde

Opisthograptis luteolata

same larva

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Chaenomeles japonica; Cotoneaster horizontalis; Crataegus; Malus; Prunus avium, cerasus, cocomilia, domestica & subsp. insititia, laurocerasus, padus, serotina, spinosa; Pyracantha coccinea; Pyrus; Rosa canina; Sorbus aucuparia.

But also Acer campestre; Corylus avellana; Lonicera xylosteum; Quercus; Salix caprea; Tilia.

phenology

Bivoltine; hibernation as pupa.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Gomez de Aizpúrua, Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Adolph, Kortstock, Niehoff & Schweitzer (2019a), Cifuentes & Alcobendas (2008a), Ebert (ed., 2003a), Hausmann & Scalercio (2016a), Gomez de Aizpúrua (1987a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2021), Lévêque, Archaux & Faucheux (2012a), Nunes (2021a), pyrgus.de (2023), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a).