Arctia villica (Linnaeus, 1758)

cream-spot tiger

on herbs

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 11.ix.2021 © Laurens van der Linde

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 23.v.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

frontal view

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Achillea millefolium; Centaurea; Fragaria; Lamium; Leontodon; Plantago; Taraxacum officinale; Urtica.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Ebert (ed., 1997a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2021), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a).