Cidaria fulvata (Forster, 1771)


Cidaria fulvata: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany 2012) [S] Cidaria fulvata: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany 2012) [S] Cidaria fulvata: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany 2012) [S] Cidaria fulvata: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, Dudelberg near Heidenheim, May 2012) [N] Cidaria fulvata: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, Dudelberg near Heidenheim, May 2012) [N] Cidaria fulvata: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, Dudelberg near Heidenheim, May 2012) [N] Cidaria fulvata: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, Dudelberg near Heidenheim, May 2012) [N] Cidaria fulvata: Larva, rear end, eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany 2012 [N] Cidaria fulvata: Pupa (e.l.eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany 2012) [S] Cidaria fulvata: Larval habitat on the eastern Swabian Alb (Southern Germany) are most often rose bushes in limestone grasslands. May 2012. [N]

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on Rosa species. I found them on the eastern Swabian Alb (Germany) on Rosa canina and Rosa rubiginosa.

Habitat:
Cidaria fulvata inhabits hedge areas, shrubbery rich slopes, grasslands and forest edges. Occasionally it is also found in gardens. Cidaria fulvata avoids cool moist habitats.

Life cycle:
The egg overwinters. The caterpillar lives from April to early or mid-June at the latest. The chrysalis is usually found within the bushes between spun leaves. The moths fly from May to August, with particular peak between 10 June to 20 July.

Endangerment factors:
The is in decline due to the reduction of hedgerows and the straightening and removal of forest edges and even the sometimes too intense bush removal on nutrient-poor grasslands, but is not yet seriously threatened.

Remarks:
Cidaria fulvata occurs in Europe (north to Central Scandinavia) and the more temperate Asia to the Pacific.