Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Pyrausta aurata

Pyrausta aurata (Scopoli, 1783)

small purple & gold, mint moth

on Mentha, etc.

Pyrausta aurata imago

Hoofddorp, 11.viii.2021 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae in spun young leaves; there also the pupation.

host plants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Clinopodium vulgare; Lycopus europaeus; Melissa officinalis; Mentha aquatica, arvensis, longifolia, x rotundifolia, spicata, suaveolens; Nepeta cataria; Origanum vulgare; Salvia pratensis; Thymus.

phenology

Bioltine.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

larva

Pictures on Lepiforum.

pupa

See also Patočka, Patočka & Turčáni.

references

Fiumi (2018a), Freundt & Freundt (0000a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Huertas Dionisio & Fuentes (2004a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Kravchenko, Poltavsky, Segerer, ao (2020a), Lepiforum (2019), Patočka (2001c), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Peslier (2007a), Schütze (1931a).

Last modified 8.viii.2023