Pararge xiphia (Fabricius, 1775)

madeiran speckled wood

on grasses

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Agrostis gigantea; Brachypodium sylvaticum; Drymochloa donax; Holcus lanatus.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Bland & Lace (2020a), Lepiforum (2021), Wakeham-Dawson (2002a).