Drasteria cailino (Lefèbvre, 1827)


Drasteria cailino: Adult (e.l. N-Greece, Mount Vitsi N of Kastoria, larva in early July 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Adult (e.l. N-Greece, Mount Vitsi N of Kastoria, larva in early July 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Adult (Bulgaria, Pirin, 1900m asl, in a light trap, late July 2013) [M] Drasteria cailino: Adult (Northern Greece, Askio mountains, late May 2010) [N] Drasteria cailino: Young larva (Spain, Teruel, late August 2013) [M] Drasteria cailino: Half-grown larva (N-Greece, Mount Vitsi, early July 2013) [M] Drasteria cailino: Half-grown larva (N-Greece, Mount Vitsi, early July 2013) [M] Drasteria cailino: Half-grown larva (N-Greece, Mount Vitsi, early July 2013) [M] Drasteria cailino: Half-grown larva (Spain, Teruel, late August 2013) [M] Drasteria cailino: Half-grown larva (Spain, Teruel, late August 2013) [M] Drasteria cailino: Larva (e.l. N-Greece, Vitsi, July 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Larva (e.l. N-Greece, Vitsi, July 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Larva (e.l. N-Greece, Vitsi, July 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Larva (e.l. N-Greece, Vitsi, July 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Larva (e.l. N-Greece, Vitsi, July 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Pupa (e.l. Vitsi 2013) [S] Drasteria cailino: Larval habitat at a road side with Salix purpurea (N-Greece, Vitsi, early July 2013) [N] Drasteria cailino: Larval habitat at a road side with Salix purpurea (N-Greece, Vitsi, early July 2013). I have beaten several young larvae from the sparse bush in the foreground. [N] Drasteria cailino: Larval habitat near Teruel (east Spain, August 2013) [N]

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on various willows (Salix, often Salix purpurea).

Habitat:
Drasteria cailino inhabits dry and warm, but locally more humid, rocky habitats such as gravelly river valleys, rocky slopes, gravel plains, etc. I met larvae in Northern Greece and Spain at very sparsely vegetated, stony embankments and road sides with small bushes of Salix purpurea.

Life cycle:
The moths fly from May to July and obviously in a second generation between July/August and September. They prefer to rest on the ground and among the stones.

Endangerment factors:
Drasteria cailino may be at least locally endangered according to the habitat selection.

Remarks:
Drasteria cailino occurs from Southern Europe to Central Asia. In southern Europe sites are known from the central and southern Iberian Peninsula and Southern France, locally from Italy and from the southern Balkans to the Crimea and southern Russia.


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