Eilema bipunctata (Hübner,1824)

Synonyms/other combinations:
Zobida bipuncta

Eilema bipunctata: Female (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Female (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Female (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Male (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Male (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Male (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Young larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Young larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Half-grown larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Half grown larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Half grown larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Cocoon (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S] Eilema bipunctata: Pupa (breeding photo 2013/2014) [S]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on algae and lichens.

Habitat:

Life cycle:
Eilema bipunctata occurs in several generations from early spring to late autumn.

Remarks:
Eilema bipunctata occurs in Morocco and southwesternmost parts of the Iberian Peninsula (S-Portugal and adjacent coastal parts of Spain).



Eilema albicosta | Eilema caniola | Eilema cereola | Eilema complana | Eilema deplana | Eilema griseola | Eilema interpositella | Eilema lurideola | Eilema lutarella | Eilema morosina | Eilema palliatella | Eilema pygmaeola | Eilema sororcula | Eilema uniola