Leptophyes laticauda (Frivaldszky,1867)

Nutrition:
Plants like leaves of many deciduous woods (especially young growth or blackberries).

Habitat:
Leptophyes laticauda inhabits hedges with herbaceous edges, bushy pastures and Pteridium aquilinum stocks as well as forest edges and clearings.

Life cycle:
The adults appear from July to October and are often found on young shrubs.

Endangerment factors:
Leptophyes laticauda is locally in decline through dense human settlements and agricultural intensification. But because Leptophyes laticauda can cope with a variety of habitats, it is not yet seriously threatened.

Remarks:
Leptophyes laticauda occurs from Provence across the Southern Alps (e.g. quite common in Ticino) to Southeastern Europe (the Balkans).