Hecatera cappa (Hübner, [1809])

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Consolida sp. (= Delphinium).

Habitat:
Hecatera cappa inhabits extensively managed arable and fallow land with the host plants, but also garigues, rocky slopes, steppe grasslands, open woodland, embankments and similar places.

Life cycle:
The moths occur most often in two generations between late April to August. The larvae are found especially in late May and June and again in July/August. They live more or less openly on the plants, but in the last instar sometimes a bit hidden near the ground during daytime.

Endangerment factors:
In the arable land Hecatera cappa is endangered by agricultural intensification.

Remarks:
Hecatera cappa occurs from NW-Africa across S- and SE-Europe and Asia Minor to Iran. In the past it has also been recorded in E-Austria where it is extinct today. But it locally still occurs in Hungary. It is much more common in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.