Hydraecia micacea (Esper, 1789)
potato skin borer, rosy rustic moth
on grasses and herbd
Lysimachia vulgaris, Belgium, prov. Namur, Gerhoeven, de Rammelaers, 5.v.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel; det. Tymo Muus: infested plant
in transparency
opened stem with larvs
larva
parasite
Larvae bore in the stems, sometimed also in the roots; pupation in the soil.
host plants
polyphagous
Arctium; Atriplex; Elytrigia repens; Equisetum; Glyceria; Humulus lupulus; Iris pseudacorus; Limonium vulgare; Lysimachia vulgaris; Petasites; Plantago; Rumex; Solanum tuberosum; Stachys sylvatica; Tussilago.
phenology
Univoltine; hibernation as egg