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Euchalcia emichi (Rogenhofer, 1873)


Euchalcia emichi: Adult (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Adult (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Adult (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Adult (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Adult (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Adult (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Adult (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Adult drying its wings (e.l. rearing Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Young larva (Samos,Lazarou N-side, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Young larva (Samos, Lazarou N-side, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Young larva (Samos, Lazarou N-side, late April 2015) Euchalcia emichi: Young larva (Samos, Lazarou N-side, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Young larva (Samos, Lazarou N-side, late April 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Half-grown larva (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva in penultimate instar (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva in penultimate instar (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva in penultimate instar (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva in penultimate instar (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva in penultimate instar (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva in penultimate instar (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva directly after last moult, shelter artificially opened (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva directly after last moult, shelter artificially opened (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, Pyrgos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, Pyrgos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) Euchalcia emichi: Larva (Samos, late April 2015) [M] Euchalcia emichi: Shelter of a young larva on Alkanna tubulosa (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Shelter of a young larva on Alkanna tubulosa (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Shelter of a young larva on Alkanna tubulosa (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Well camouflaged shelter of a larva in penultimate instar on A. tubulosa (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Cocoon on Alkanna tinctoria. However, most larvae will not pupate on the host plant (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Pupa (e.l. Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Pupa (e.l. Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Pupa (e.l. Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Pupa (e.l. Samos 2015) [S] Euchalcia emichi: Alkanna tubulosa, host plant in Ambelos mountain range in Samos (late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Alkanna tubulosa, host plant in Ambelos mountain range in Samos (late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Alkanna tinctoria, host plant in Samos outside Ambelos mountain range (late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: A. tinctoria with mature larva (Samos, above Myli, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: A. tinctoria with mature larva (Samos, above Myli, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat above Myli (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat east of Mount Kerkis (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat east of Mount Kerkis (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat near SE-coast (Psili Ammos, Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat near SE-coast (Psili Ammos, Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat in Spatharei region (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat in Spatharei region (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Larval habitat with Alkanna tubulosa in already quite densely vegetated embankments in an olive grove near Pyrgos (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Alkanna tubulosa with several larvae in an embankment near Pyrgos (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Alkanna tubulosa with several larvae in an embankment near Pyrgos (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Alkanna tubulosa with several larvae in a road side verge near Pyrgos (Samos, late April 2015) [N] Euchalcia emichi: Alkanna tubulosa with several larvae in a road side verge near Pyrgos (Samos, late April 2015) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Alkanna species (Boraginaceae). I found them together with D. Fritsch on A. tinctoria and A. tubulosa.

Habitat:
Euchalcia emichi prefers dry and hot places with open soil such as embankments, rocky slopes, dry stone walls, pastures, road side verges and similar places. Larvae could be recorded between litte above sea level and 850m asl in Samos island.

Life cycle:
The larvae develop in spring between March and May. Young larvae live within a spun shelter in the tip of flower shoots and preferredly feed on flower buds. In last instar they live without shelter freely on the plants where they are camouflaged very well. Pupation occurs in a cocoon which is only rarely constructed on the host plant. Moths occur between May and July.

Remarks:
Euchalcia emichioccurs in Greece in some east Egean island such as Samos, apart from that only in Asia Minor and the near and middle East.


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