Male

Female

Forewing Length: 15-17m;
Wingspan: 24-28mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	July - May	?	May - July (Earliest: 20.5)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows	Spruce Forest Edge
Food: (Larva)	Galium aparine	Galium mollugo	Senecio vulgaris	Stellaria media
Food: (Adult)	Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar	Bistorta officinalis Nectar
Parasitoids:	Protapanteles fulvipes Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Many Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Xanthorhoe montanata
Xanthorhoe montanata
Nature Spot: Silver-ground Carpet - Xanthorhoe montanata
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Xanthorhoe montanata
Lepiforum: Xanthorhoe montanata
Plant Parasites of Europe: Xanthorhoe montanata

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