Agrochola kindermanni (Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1837)

Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous on herbs and also young trees and bushes. In Lesbos Island I recorded them numerously especially on Verbascum.

Habitat:
Agrochola kindermanni inhabits various dry and warm habitats such as open dry woodland, garigues and often rocky slopes.

Life cycle:
The moths occur from October to early December. The larvae develop in spring especially in April and May (in higher altitudes still in June). I recorded on the lower side of the ground leaves of Verbascum during daytime (Lesbos). Mature larvae can be green or occasionally brown. The larvae construct a cocoon in the uper soil in which they pupate not until autumn.

Remarks:
Agrochola kindermanni occurs in Sicily and from the southern Balkans (Greece, S-Bulgaria, Republic of North Macedonia) to Turkey and adjacent regions.