Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)

egyptian, spiny, bollworm

on Abelmoschus, etc.

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 14.vi.2019 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae freely in the inflorescence.

host plants

Malvaceae, oligophagous

Abelmoschus esculentus; Gossypium herbaceum; Hibiscus; Malva nicaeensis, punctata; Malvella sherardiana.

But also mentioned from Oryza; Zea mays

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Dobado (2019a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Huertas Dionísio & Fuentes (2004a), Kravchenko, Witt, Speidel, ao (2009a), Lepiforum (2021), Müller, Kravchenko, Revay, ao (2010a), Tuinstra (2014a).