Aegle kaekeritziana (Hübner, 1799)


Aegle kaekeritziana: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Dragoman, early June 2018) [S] Aegle kaekeritziana: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Dragoman, early June 2018) [S] Aegle kaekeritziana: Habitat (NW-Bulgaria, Dragoman, early June 2018) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Consolida (flowers and fruits).

Habitat:
Aegle kaekeritziana inhabits dry and warm stands of Consolida, e.g. fallow land, pastures, gappy grasslands, extensively managed arable land etc.

Life cycle:
The moths occur from June to August. The larvae develop especially between late June and early September.

Remarks:
Aegle kaekeritziana occurs from Italy (including Sicily) across the Balkans to Greece, Turkey and Armenia. East of the Alps it reached E-Austria and Slovakia.



Aegle semicana 
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