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Cardepia affinis Rothschild, 1913


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(S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [M] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the penultimate instar (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [M] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larva in the final instar (e.l. rearing, S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Cocoon (e.l. S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Pupa (e.l. S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Pupa (e.l. S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Pupa (e.l. S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Pupa a day prior to emergence (e.l. S-Spain, Almeria, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Cardepia affinis: Larval habitat with Salsola oppositifolia (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [N] Cardepia affinis: Larval habitat with Salsola oppositifolia (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [N] Cardepia affinis: Larval habitat with Salsola oppositifolia (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [N] Cardepia affinis: Larval habitat with Salsola oppositifolia (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [N] Cardepia affinis: Larval habitat with Salsola oppositifolia (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [N] Cardepia affinis: Larval habitat with Salsola oppositifolia (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [N] Cardepia affinis: Larval habitat with Salsola oppositifolia (S-Spain, Almeria, mid-November 2022) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Chenopodiaceae. In S-Spain (Almeria) I recorded the larvae on Salsola oppositifolia on fry slopes.

Habitat:
Cardepia affinis occurs in hot environments like salt pans, dunes or dry steppes.

Life cycle:
Phenology is dependend on regional climate. In general, moths are recorded most often between September and April. I recorded the larvae in mid-November 2022. The pupae hibernated in central European winter in a hard-shelled cocoon and had been stored inhouse from April. After a sharp cooling in late July 2023 the moths appeared in late August. One pupa needed even longer. Thus the pupa may wait for long times for good conditions and it is unrealistic to speculate about generations.

Remarks:
Cardepia affinis occurs in N-Africa and SW-Asia to S-Iran. In Europe it is restricted to S-Iberia, the Canaries, Sardinia and Sicily. It also is found regularly in Cyprus. Apart from that seldom vagrant individuals may be found throughout southern Europe.


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