Hecatera bicolorata (Hufnagel, 1766)

broad-barred white

on Lactuca, etc.

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 25.v.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 1.vi.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae freely on the flower heada.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Crepis capillaris, tectrum; Eupatorium; Hieracium lachenalii subsp. cruentifolium, murorum; Jacobaea erucifolia; Lactuca muralis, serriola; Leontodon; Picris; Pilosella aurantiaca, officinarum; Prenanthes purpurea; Scorzoneroides autumnalis; Sonchus oleraceus; Tragopogon pratensis.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

synonyms

Aetheria, Mamestra, bicolorata.

references

Ebert (ed., 1998a), Kravchenko, Fibiger, Mooser, ao (2007a), Lepiforum (2021), Peslier (2002a), Pyrgus (2021), Robenz & Schaefer (1987a), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Vyšniauskaitė & Tamutis (2012a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).