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Forewing Length: 12-15mm;
Wingspan: 32mm
| Egg | Larva | Pupa | Adult |
| ? | July - May | June | June - July (Earliest: 25.7) |
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Hedge Rows |
Heath and Moorland |
Beech Forest Edge |
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Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous) |
Cirsium arvense |
Teucrium scorodonia |
Cytisus scoparius | |
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Possible Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous) |
Rumex | |||
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Food: (Adult) |
Epilobium angustifolium Nectar |
Tanacetum vulgare Nectar | ||
| Parasitoids: |
Apechthis compunctor Larva |
Apechthis rufata Larva |
Protapanteles pallipes Larva | |
| Other Possible Parasitoids: |
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae |
Several Braconidae Larvae |
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium:
Sitochroa verticalis
Sitochroa verticalis
Nature Spot:
Sitochroa verticalis
Lepiforum:
Sitochroa verticalis
Plant Parasites of Europe:
Sitochroa verticalis
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