Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766)


Acontia lucida: Adult (e.l. Sardinien, Sinis, Mai 2012) [S] Acontia lucida: Adult (e.l. Sardinia, Sinis, May 2012) [S] Acontia lucida: Adult (La Gomera, February 2013) [N] Acontia lucida: Adult (Greece) [M] Acontia lucida: Adult (Northern Greece, May 2010) [N] Acontia lucida: Adult (Northern Greece, May 2010) [N] Acontia lucida: Adult (Northern Greece, May 2010) [N] Acontia lucida: Adult (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [M] Acontia lucida: Adult (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [M] Acontia lucida: Adult (La Gomera) [S] Acontia lucida: Lower side (La Gomera) [S] Acontia lucida: Ovae (e.o. Northern Greece 2011) [S] Acontia lucida: L1-larva (e.o. Northern Greece) [S] Acontia lucida: L1 [S] Acontia lucida: Half-grown larva (Sardinia, Sinis, May 2012) [N] Acontia lucida: Half-grown larva (e.o. Northern Greece 2011) [S] Acontia lucida: Half-grown larva (La Gomera, February 2013) [N] Acontia lucida: Larva (e.o. Northern Greece 2011) [S] Acontia lucida: Larva (e.o. Northern Greece 2011) [S] Acontia lucida: Larva (Sardinia, May 2012) [N] Acontia lucida: Larva (Sardinia, May 2012) [N] Acontia lucida: Larva (Sardinia, May 2012) [M] Acontia lucida: Larva (Sardinia, May 2012) [N] Acontia lucida: Larva (La Gomera, February 2013) [N] Acontia lucida: Larva (La Gomera, February 2013) [N] Acontia lucida: Larva (La Gomera) [S] Acontia lucida: Larva (Sardinia, May 2012) [N] Acontia lucida: Pupa (e.l. Sardinia 2012) [S] Acontia lucida: Habitat in Northern Greece with Papaver and much Malva (May 2010) [N] Acontia lucida: Larval habitat with some Malva plants in La Gomera in February 2013  [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Malvaceae like for example Malva neglecta.

Habitat:
Acontia lucida colonizes ruderal terrain, grasslands, roadsides, dunes and other locations of the host plants.

Life cycle:
Acontia lucida has several generations. A true diapause does not seem to occur. In the Canaries, the caterpillars can be found almost all year round. They usually sit on the leaf petiols, upper leaf surface or more rarely also on the shoot.

Remarks:
Acontia lucida occurs on the Canary Islands and Madeira, in north Africa and Southern Europe and is widespread there. North of the Alps, Acontia lucida is only occasionally recorded as a migrant species.


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