Male

Female

Forewing Length: Male 12-15mm, Female 11-13mm;
Wingspan: Male 26-29mm, Female 24-26mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
June - July	July - May	May - June	May - July (Earliest: 30.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous)	Rumex acetosa	Rumex acetosella
Food: (Adult)	Several Asteraceae Nectar	Bistorta officinalis Nectar	Trifolium pratense Nectar	Ranunculus repens Nectar
	Cardamine pratensis Nectar	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Adscita statices
Adscita statices
Nature Spot: The Forester - Adscita statices
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Adscita statices
Lepiforum: Adscita statices
Plant Parasites of Europe: Adscita statices

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