Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761)


Earias clorana: Adult (e.l. Lechtal, Tyrol, ex September 2010) [S] Earias clorana: Adult (e.l. Lechtal, Tyrol, Austria 2010) [S] Earias clorana: Adult (e.l. eastern Swabian Alb, Southern Germany 2010) [S] Earias clorana: Adult (Memmingen) [M] Earias clorana: Larva (Lechtal, early September 2010) [M] Earias clorana: Larva (Lechtal, early September 2010) [M] Earias clorana: Larva (Lechtal, early September 2010) [M] Earias clorana: Larval shelter (Lechtal, early September 2010) [N] Earias clorana: Larval shelter (Lechtal, early September 2010) [N] Earias clorana: Larval shelter (Lechtal, early September 2010) [N] Earias clorana: Cocoon [S] Earias clorana: Larval habitat (Lechtal, Tyrol, September 2010) [N] Earias clorana: Larval habitat (Lechtal, September 2010) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Salix species.

Habitat:
Earias clorana inhabits softwood-rich sites such as floodplains, waters shores or moist forest clearings. I found Earias clorana near Memmingen on narrow-leaved willows in a wet spruce reforestation. In the Lech Valley near Forchach (Austria), I found very many larvae on gravel at small shrubs of Salix elaeagnos (lavender willow) in early September 2010. Interspersed bushes of Salix purpurea were not settled.

Life cycle:
The pupa hibernates. Moths fly from late April to late June and again in an often only partial second generation in July and August. The caterpillars live in a housing made of spun leaves in the tip of the shoot.

Remarks:
Earias clorana is widespread in most of Europe.



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