Catharia simplonialis (Heydenreich, 1851)

on low herbs

parasite

Larva in a silken tube.

host plants

polyphagous

Cerastium pedunculatum; Saxifraga aphylla, oppositifolia; Silene acaulis, alpestris.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

egg, larva, pupa

see Patočka, Patočka & Turčáni (as C. pyrenaealis). Schmid.

references

Patočka (2001c), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schmid (2019a) .