Spilosoma lutea (Hufnagel, 1766)
buff ermine
on herbs
parasite
Larvae freely on the leaves.
host plants
polyphagous
Calendula officinalis; Cirsium oleraceum; Clematis vitalba; Cornus sanguinea; Epipactis purpurata; Euonymus europaeus; Gymnadenia conopsea; Hylotelephium telephium; Hypochaeris radicata; Pelargonium; Plantago; Prenanthes purpurea; Rumex sanguineus; Symphoricarpos albus; Taraxacum officinale; Urtica dioica.
distribution within Europe
PESI (2021).
egg, larva, pupa
see Lepiforum.
synonyms
Spilosoma luteum; Spilarctia lutea.
references
Adolph, Kortstock, Niehoff & Schweitzer (2019a), Ebert (ed., 1997a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2021).