Male |
Female |
|
Male |
Female |
Length: 2-4mm;
Wingspan: 7mm
| Egg | Larva | Pupa | Adult |
| ? | ? | ? | Spring - Summer (Earliest: 22.6) |
| Attractant Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carboxylic Acids | Oleic, Palmitic, Stearic | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Hedge Rows | ||
|
Principal Food: (Larva) |
Pieris brassicae | |||
|
Other Food: (Larva) |
Several Nymphalidae |
Several Other Pieridae |
Callophrys rubi Larva |
Several Erebidae |
Hemaris fuciformis Larva |
Macroglossum stellatarum Larva |
Agrotis ipsilon Larva |
Autographa gamma | |
Abraxas grossulariata Larva |
Phigalia pilosaria |
Notodonta ziczac Larva |
Tethea or Larva | |
Yponomeuta evonymella |
Archips xylosteana Larva |
Malacosoma neustria |
Pennisetia hylaeiformis Larva | |
Evergestis forficalis |
Zygaena trifolii Larva |
Anthrenus museorum Larva | ||
|
Possible Food: (Larva) |
Other Nymphalidae |
Other Pieridae Larvae |
Other Erebidae |
Geometridae |
Lasiocampidae |
Other Noctuidae |
Other Sphingidae |
Other Tortricidae | |
Other Yponomeutidae |
Other Dermestidae Larvae | |||
|
Food: (Adult) |
Heracleum sphondylium Nectar |
Tanacetum vulgare Nectar | ||
| Hyper- parasitoids: |
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae |
Insektenbox: Kohlweißlings-Raupenwespe
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