Euxoa cursoria (Hufnagel, 1766)

Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous. I recorded them in most cases under Rumex acetosella, superficially in the sand.

Habitat:
Euxoa cursoria inhabits sandy areas, most often in alredy partially vegetated grey dunes with Rumex, mosses and lichens.

Life cycle:
The larvae live from autumn to spring. They often bury themselves superficially into the sand during daytime. The cocoon is usually constructed in June. The moths appear between July and September.

Remarks:
Euxoa cursoria occurs in northern parts of central and in northern Europe (including the British Islands and northern Germany). It is most often found near the coast, but can also live in sandy areas in the inland (e.g. Lüneburger Heide in N-Germany). The total distribution is even Holarctic (N- and mountainous central Asia, N-America, in the latter area the taxon E. cursoria wirima Hardwick, 1965).