Naenia typica (Linnaeus, 1758)


Naenia typica: Adult (e.l. November 2010, Illerbeuren near Memmingen, Southern Germany) [S] Naenia typica: Adult (e.l. November 2010, Illerbeuren near Memmingen, Southern Germany) [S] Naenia typica: Adult (e.l. November 2010, Illerbeuren near Memmingen, Southern Germany) [S] Naenia typica: Adult (e.l. Rems near Mögglingen, eastern Baden-Württemberg, Larva in October 2012) [S] Naenia typica: Adult cranial (e.l. Illerbeuren 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Adult (e.l. Kronburg near Memmingen, Germany) [S] Naenia typica: Half-grown larva, Illerbeuren near Memmingen, November 2010 [M] Naenia typica: Half-grown larva, Illerbeuren near Memmingen, November 2010 [M] Naenia typica: Larva in penultimate instar (e.l. Illerbeuren 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva in penultimate instar (moult rest) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva head (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva caudal (e.l. Illerbeuren, 2010) [S] Naenia typica: Larva (Kronburg near Memmingen, Germany, May) [M] Naenia typica: Larva (Kronburg near Memmingen, Germany, May) [M] Naenia typica: Larva (Kronburg near Memmingen, Germany, May) [M] Naenia typica: Larval habitat at a stream in the forest (Illerbeuren near Memmingen, S-Germany, November 2010): larval records at Scrophularia [N] Naenia typica: Larval habitat at a stream in the forest (Illerbeuren near Memmingen, S-Germany, November 2010): larval records at Scrophularia [N]

Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous on herbs and low growing woods. I found caterpillars in November 2010 right on the edge of the water at a woodland stream on Scrophularia (Memmingen, Germany) and on Urtica on the partial nitrophytic and partial gappy-gravelly bank of the stream Rems near Schwäbisch Gmünd in late October 2011.

Habitat:
Naenia typica colonizes rather damp or wet areas such as shorelines of rivers and lakes and wet wooded areas. I found caterpillars also in the garden (near Memmingen, Germany) at a small garden pond and its surroundings, feeding for example on Vicia.

Life cycle:
The caterpillar overwinters and is mature in April or May. Adults can be found from June to August.

Remarks:
Naenia typica is mainly distributed from Central Europe to Central Asia.


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