Schinia cardui (Hübner, 1790)


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Host plants:
The larvae feed on the flowers and fruits of Picris hieracioides. Occasionally the larvae change to other Asteraceae flowers as the record of a larva on a fruit of Cichorium intybus shows (Hungary, late August 2019).

Habitat:
Schinia cardui inhabits sandy grasslands, sand pits, ruderal areas (gappily vegetated, young fallow land) and similar places with the host plant.

Life cycle:
The moths fly im one generation (rarely possibly also in two overlapping generations) from June to August. The larvae develop usually in August and September. The pupa hibernates.

Remarks:
Schinia cardui occurs in S- and SE-Europe (to the north up to E-Austria) and in Asia Minor. It misses in Switzerland, Germany and most of Austria as well as in Greece.



Schinia cognata 
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