Dryobotodes roboris (Boisduval, 1828)

Host plants:
The caterpillars live on oak trees, mainly Quercus pubescens.

Habitat:
Dryobotodes roboris colonized clear, warm oak forests and mixed forests. In Provence, I found caterpillars on Quercus pubescens at the edge of grasslands.

Life cycle:
The moths fly from September to November. The caterpillars live in the spring from April to May/early June. They rest in older instars often in crevices in the bark.

Remarks:
The Atlanto-Mediterranean species occurs from Morocco across the Iberian Peninsula and central and Southern France to the southwest Switzerland and probably northwestern Italy.