Ennomos quercaria (Hübner, [1813])


Ennomos quercaria: Male (e.l. rearing, Greece, Itea near Delphi, larva in early May 2016) [S] Ennomos quercaria: Male (e.l. rearing, Greece, Itea near Delphi, larva in early May 2016) [S] Ennomos quercaria: Male (e.l. rearing, Greece, Itea near Delphi, larva in early May 2016) [S] Ennomos quercaria: Mature larva (Greece, Itea near Delphi, early May 2016) [M] Ennomos quercaria: Mature larva (Greece, Itea near Delphi, early May 2016) [M] Ennomos quercaria: Mature larva (Greece, Itea near Delphi, early May 2016) [M] Ennomos quercaria: Mature larva (Greece, Itea near Delphi, early May 2016) [M] Ennomos quercaria: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Itea near Delphi, larva in early May 2016) [S] Ennomos quercaria: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Itea near Delphi, larva in early May 2016) [S] Ennomos quercaria: Larval habitat (Greece, Itea near Delphi, early May 2016) [N] Ennomos quercaria: Larval habitat (Greece, Itea near Delphi, early May 2016) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on oaks.

Habitat:
Ennomos quercaria inhabits most often dry and hot, open oak woodlands, maquis and pastures with oaks.

Life cycle:
The egg hibernates and larvae are mature in May (sometimes not until June). The moths usually occur in a single generation from late May to early August, occasionally presumably also in a partial second generation until September.

Remarks:
Ennomos quercaria occurs from Morocco across S-Europe to Iran. In the North it is known up to Austria and Slowakia.