Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)

mallow skipper

on Malva, etc.

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 20.viii.2018 © Laurens van der Linde: imago

21.vi.2018: larva

parasite

Larvae in a folded leaf segment; in larger leaves a segment is cut loose.

host plants

Malvaceae, oligophagous

Abutilon theophrasti; Alcea rosea, setosa; Althaea officinalis; Hibiscus; Malva alcea, moschata, multiflora, neglecta, subovata, sylvestria, thuringiaca; Malvella sherardiana.

It has been found in Israel that the larve can successfully complete its development on a strongly aberrant host plant, viz. Chrozophora tinctoria (Euphorbiaceae: Benyamini).

phenology

Hibernation as larva.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Baquero, Moraza, Ariño & Jordana (2011a), Benyamini (2005a), Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Hiermann, Friebe & Mayr (2017a), Lafranchis (2020b), Lepiforum (2021), Obregón, Shaw, Fernández-Haeger & Jordano (2015b), Seizmayr (2015a), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).