Eublemma ostrina (Hübner, 1808)

purple marbled

on thistles

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Carduus; Carlina corymbosa, vulgaris; Cirsium; Echinops exaltatus; Helichrysum arenarium, litoreum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Dapporto (1998a), Dobado (2019a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Huertas Dionísio & Fuentes (2004a), Katbeh-Bader (2017a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Larsen & Martinsen (2004a), Lepiforum (2021), Viejo Montesinos, González Granados & Gómez de Aizpurua (2014a).