Drymonia dodonaea ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)


Drymonia dodonaea: Half-grown larva (S-Germany, eastern Swabian Alb, July 2006) [S] Drymonia dodonaea: Larva (Eastern Swabian Alb, July 2006) [S] Drymonia dodonaea: Larva (Eastern Swabian Alb, July 2006) [S] Drymonia dodonaea: Larva (Eastern Swabian Alb, July 2006) [S]

Host plants:
The larvae feeds most often on Quercus.

Habitat:
Drymonia dodonaea inhabits mixed oak woodlands, oak groves and similar places.

Life cycle:
Drymonia dodonaea flies in a single generation from May to June or July. I found caterpillars in grasslands interspersed with oak trees on the eastern Swabian Alb in July. The pupa overwinters.

Endangerment factors:
Drymonia dodonaea is pretty little threatened, common and climatically adaptable.

Remarks:
Drymonia dodonaea occurs especially from Central Europe to Russia.



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