Phaiogramma etruscaria (Zeller, 1849)

on herbs

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 22.vi.2018 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae freely on the flowers.

host plants

polyphagous

Anthriscus; Bupleurum; Clematis vitalba; Dorycnium; Eryngium; Ferula communis; Foeniculum vulgare; Gypsophila struthium; Limonium dichotomum; Melilotus officinalis; Paliurus; Peucedanum oreoselinum; Pimpinella saxifraga; Retama sphaerocarpa; Ruta montana; Rosa; Seseli; Thymbra capitata.

The observation by Hausmann & Scalercio of Populus nigra is difficult to fit in.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

synonyms

Chlorissa etruscaria, Ch. pulmentaria (Guenée, 1857).

references

Budashkin & Savchuk (2010a), Dantart (1990a), Hausmann & Scalercio (2016a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), King & Viejo Montesinos (2010a), Lepiforum (2021), Martínez Fernández (2018a), pyrgus.de (2023), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a).