Caradrina morpheus (Hufnagel, 1766)

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives polyphagous on mostly herbaceous plants.

Habitat:
Caradrina morpheus often colonizes wet and partially nutrient-rich habitats such as water shoreline, perennials stocks, embankments and is also found in residential areas.

Life cycle:
The moths fly in a single generation from early June to early or mid-August. The caterpillar overwinters between half- and fully-grown, partly already in the pupation cocoon. I found the caterpillar in October 2010, almost fully-grown, in a small, slightly moist ditch at the edge of a limestone pasture on the eastern Swabian Alb.

Remarks:
Caradrina morpheus is widespread in much of Europe and temperate Asia. In eastern North America, the moth was introduced.