Amata kruegeri (Ragusa, 1904)

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on herbs, also on rotting plant parts.

Habitat:
Amata kruegeri colonizes dry warm slopes with stones and especially individual trees and bushes, and loose, xerothermic shrub landscapes.

Life cycle:
The moths fly mainly in June and July. I met them from mid to late July in Northern Greece in various mountains between 800m and 1700m above sea level. The caterpillar overwinters and is mature in May.

Remarks:
Amata kruegeri occurs in parts of Southern Europe. It is partly common in many areas around the Balkan Peninsula.

Hints on determination:
Amata kruegeri is easily determined because the basal white spot on hindwing upperside is always larger than the outer one (contrary to Syntomis phegea).