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Coscinia chrysocephala (Hübner, [1810])

Synonyms/other combinations:
Coscinia cribraria chrysocephala

Coscinia chrysocephala: Male (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Male (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Male (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Cadiz, larva in early March 2019) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Cadiz, larva in early March 2019) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Cadiz, larva in early March 2019) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Female (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Cadiz, larva in early March 2019) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Cadiz, early March 2019) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larva (S-Spain, Cadiz, early March 2019) [M] Coscinia chrysocephala: Pupa (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Male pupa (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, larva in late March 2015) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Pupa (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Cadiz, larva in early March 2019) [S] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larval habitat (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [N] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larval habitat (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [N] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larval habitat (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [N] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larval habitat (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [N] Coscinia chrysocephala: Habitat (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [N] Coscinia chrysocephala: Habitat (S-Spain, Malaga, Nerja, late March 2015) [N] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larval habitat (S-Spain, Cadiz, early March 2019) [N] Coscinia chrysocephala: Larval habitat (S-Spain, Cadiz, early March 2019) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous, but prefer grasses. I recorded them on Brachypodium in open pine woodland on limestone (NE of Nerja/Malaga) and on various Poaceae in a sandy pine woodland near barrio Nuevo (Cadiz).

Habitat:
Coscinia chrysocephala inhabits various dry and warm kinds of habitat. It is especially common in open woodland with grassy understory.

Life cycle:
I recorded the larvae in March. The moths fly from April and may appear in several generations. But it is also possible that the young larvae aestivate (drought!).

Remarks:
Coscinia chrysocephala shows an Atlanto-Mediterranean distribution with occurrences in S-Portugal and S-Spain, Sicily, S-Italy and NW-Africa. It has formerly been regarded as subspecies of C. 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.


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