Agapeta hamana
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Agapeta Hamana is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of Winder (Tortricidae).
features
The moths have a wingspan of 15 to 23 millimeters and are light to sulfur yellow in color. There is a rust-colored spot in front of the middle of the wing , as well as a rust-colored oblique stripe that extends to the middle of the wing, but can occasionally be extended to the edge of the wing. The hind wings are dark gray.
Similar species
- Agapeta zoegana ( Linnaeus , 1767)
Way of life
The polyphagous caterpillars of Agapeta hamana live in the ground and feed on the roots of thistles ( Carduus ), thistles ( Cirsium ), dyer's notch ( Serratula tinctoria ) and clover ( Trifolium ). The caterpillars pupate in a white silk cocoon in the ground.
Flight and caterpillar times
Agapeta hamana forms two generations a year, flying at dusk or at night from May to September. The moths are also often at artificial light sources found
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Kaltenbach, Peter Victor Küppers: Kleinschmetterlinge. Verlag J. Neudamm-Neudamm, Melsungen 1987, ISBN 3-788-80510-2
Web links
- www.lepiforum.de Taxonomy and photos
- Agapeta hamana at Fauna Europaea
- www.insektenbox.de
- Ian Kimber: Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland (English)