Spargania luctuata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

white-banded carpet

on Epilobium, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Onagraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Chamerion angustifolium; Epilobium hirsutum, montanum, palustre.

Ebert moreover mentions Vaccinium myrtillus.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Patočka.

references

Ebert (ed., 2001a), Lepiforum (2021), Patočka (1995a).