Axylia putris (Linnaeus, 1761)


Axylia putris: Adult (Upper Rhine Valley, September 2009) [S] Axylia putris: Adult (e.l. Upper Rhine, larva in September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Adult (e.l. Upper Rhine, larva in September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Adult (e.l. Upper Rhine, larva in September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Adult (e.l. Upper Rhine, larva in September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Adult (e.l. Upper Rhine, larva in September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Adult (Kronburg near Memmingen, Germay) [N] Axylia putris: Larva in penultimate instar (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [M] Axylia putris: Larva in penultimate instar (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [M] Axylia putris: Larva in penultimate instar (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [M] Axylia putris: Larva in penultimate instar (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012), will soonly moult into last instar [M] Axylia putris: Larva in last instar (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [M] Axylia putris: Larva (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [M] Axylia putris: Larva (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [M] Axylia putris: Larva (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [M] Axylia putris: Larva (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Larva (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Larva (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Larva from behind [S] Axylia putris: Larva from behind [S] Axylia putris: Larva (Upper Rhine valley, September 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Head [S] Axylia putris: Head [S] Axylia putris: Head [S] Axylia putris: Pupa (e.l. Upper Rhine 2012) [S] Axylia putris: Larval habitat in the Upper Rhine valley in Germany: herb-rich humid edge with Polygonum hydropiper at a forest lane, September 2012 [N] Axylia putris: Larval habitat in the Upper Rhine valley in Germany: herb-rich humid edge with Polygonum hydropiper at a forest lane, September 2012 [N] Axylia putris: Larval habitat in the Upper Rhine valley (September 2012) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous on herbs and sometimes bushes or Clematis vitalba.

Habitat:
Axylia putris inhabits more moist and not too warm habitats of all kinds, especially if there are groves included. I detected several caterpillars together with those of Trachea atriplicis on Polygonum hydropiper along trails in humid forests of the Upper Rhine Valley in Germany (late August and September 2012)

Life cycle:
The pupa hibernates. Axylia putris flies from May to early September in one or two generations, depending on the site.

Remarks:
Axylia putris is distributed from Morocco across large parts of Europe and Asia to Japan. It is quite common in Central Europe.


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