Coscinia benderi Marten, 1957

Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous, in the field presumably often on dune grasses like Ammophila, but also herbs.

Habitat:
Coscinia benderi inhabits coastal dunes.

Life cycle:
The moths obviously occur in several generations from spring to autumn (perhaps with a relative minimum in the hot and dry summer months). The larvae develop during winter.

Remarks:
Coscinia benderi is endemic to the Atlantic coast of S-Iberian Peninsula (approximately from the Algarve in Portugal to Huelva in Spain). According to latest knowledge (see literature) it is again considered a subspecies of Coscinia cribraria.

Literature:
MACIÀ, R., MALLY, R., YLLA, J., GASTÓN, J. & M. HUERTAS (2019): Integrative revision of the Iberian species of Coscinia Hübner, [1819] sensu lato and Spiris Hübner, [1819], (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae). — Zootaxa 4615 (3): 401–449.