Aegle semicana (Esper, 1798)
![Aegle semicana: Adult (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_im2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Adult (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Adult (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_2im2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Adult (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Adult (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_3im2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Adult (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_2rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_3rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_4rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Half-grown larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_5rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_6rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_7rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_8rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_9rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_10rpe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larva (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Pupa (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_ppe2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Pupa (e.l. SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, larva in late July 2015) [S]")
![Aegle semicana: Larval habitat with Consolida (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_h2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larval habitat with Consolida (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [N]")
![Aegle semicana: Larval habitat with Consolida (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/aegle_2h2015.jpg "Aegle semicana: Larval habitat with Consolida (SW-Bulgaria, Melnik, late July 2015) [S]")
Host plants:
The larvae feed on Consolida species.
Habitat:
Aegle semicana inhabits dry and hot steppe areas, rockyslopes, pastures and herb-rich, traditionally managed fields.
Life cycle:
The pupa hibernates. The moths occur in one or two generations between May and September. I recorded numerous larvae in an dry and hot sheep pasture near Melnik in SW-Bulgaria in late July 2015 by collecting flowering Consolida.
Remarks:
Aegle semicana occurs in SE-Europe (NW to E-Austria) as wellasin parts of Italy, N-Africa and W-Asia.
Aegle kaekeritziana
