Drepania binaria (Hufnagel, 1766)

Synonyms/other combinations:
Watsonalla binaria

Drepania binaria: Adult (Geißelhardt, northern Baden-Württemberg, August 2010) [M] Drepania binaria: Larva (Upper Rhine Valley south of Karlsruhe, September 2013) [M] Drepania binaria: Larva (Upper Rhine Valley south of Karlsruhe, September 2013) [M]

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on Quercus species (oak).

Habitat:
Drepania binaria colonized oak-rich forests of all kinds as well as parks, single oaks, etc.

Life cycle:
The pupa hibernates. The moths fly in two generations from late April to mid-June and from late June to September. The caterpillar lives from late May to October.

Remarks:
Drepania binaria is distributed from Northern Spain and England across Central and Southern Europe to Asia Minor. To the north, it occurs with the oak to southern Sweden.


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