Idaea sylvestraria (Hübner, 1799)

dotted border wave

on Calluna, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Artemisia campestris; Calluna vulgaris; Chenopodium; Genista tinctoria; Thymus serpyllum; Vaccinium myrtillus, oxycoccos.

Mainly on Calluna.

phenology

Bivoltine; hibernation as larva.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Ebert (ed., 2001a), Guerrero, Rubio, Garre & Ortiz (2017a), Lebrun (2007a), Lepiforum (2021).