Abrostola asclepiadis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (milkweed).

Habitat:
Abrostola asclepiadis colonizes dry forests, steppe-like, bushy grasslands, rocky and scree slopes and old quarries.

Life cycle:
The way flies in a long generation from mid-May to late July (maximum in June), rarely earlier or even later in early August. The caterpillars are found mainly from July to mid-August, partly until September. The pupa overwinters.

Endangerment: endangered

Endangerment factors:
Abrostola asclepiadis is increasingly endangered by habitat loss (dark forest management, eutrophication of forests, loss of limestone grasslands and countless small sites). Abrostola asclepiadis occurs for example on the Swabian Alb also in several protected areas, where it has a good chance of survival if care measures are maintained.

Remarks:
Abrostola asclepiadis is missing in northern Germany, but occurs otherwise in most of Central and Southern Europe, but always more locally. The distribution extends only little into Asia, e.g. Turkey.