Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777)

Host plants:
The caterpillar feeds on more broadleaved grasses that grow in crevices or at the base of stone walls and embankments.

Habitat:
Kirinia roxelana inhabits warm and dry, rocky or stony areas with woods, olive groves with stone walls, edges of forests and similar locations.

Life cycle:
The adults fly in a single generation from May (rarely already in late April) to July (sometimes August). The caterpillar overwinters. I observed fully-grown caterpillars, prepupae and pupae (spun in the vegetation) in Samos in the first week of May (2009).

Endangerment factors:
Kirinia roxelana is endangered little (common causes: agricultural intensification, overbuilding).

Remarks:
The distribution ranges from southern Croatia and Bulgaria across the southern Balkan Peninsula, many Aegean islands, Turkey and Israel to northern Iran.