Protodeltote pygarga (Hufnagel, 1766)


Protodeltote pygarga: Adult (e.l. September 2010, Memmingen, Southern Germany) [S] Protodeltote pygarga: Adult (e.l. September 2010, Memmingen, Southern Germany) [S] Protodeltote pygarga: Adult [S] Protodeltote pygarga: Adult [S] Protodeltote pygarga: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb 2008) [M] Protodeltote pygarga: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb) [M] Protodeltote pygarga: Larva (eastern Swabian Alb) [M] Protodeltote pygarga: Larva (Memmingen, September 2010, at Carex brizoides) [M] Protodeltote pygarga: Larva (Memmingen, September 2010, at Carex brizoides) [M] Protodeltote pygarga: Pupa [S] Protodeltote pygarga: Pupa (e.l. Memmingen 2010) [S] Protodeltote pygarga: Habitat (eastern Swabian Alb) [N] Protodeltote pygarga: Habitat (eastern Swabian Alb) [N]

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on grasses. I found it on Calamagrostis epigejos and Carex brizoides.

Habitat:
Protodeltote pygarga inhabits clearings, clear cuttings, edges and undergrowth in forests and more rarely also other woody habitats of all kinds.

Life cycle:
The adults fly from late May to July. The caterpillar is found especially in August and September and is well detectable by tapping grass clumps. The pupa overwinters.

Remarks:
Protodeltote pygarga is widespread in Europe and temperate Asia and reaches eastward Korea.


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