Hoplodrina octogenaria (Goeze, 1781)
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult (e.l. northern Black Forest, Pforzheim, larva in late February 2010) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_im2010.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult (e.l. northern Black Forest, Pforzheim, larva in late February 2010) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult (e.l. Memmingen, S-Germany, larva in April 2010) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_2im2010.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult (e.l. Memmingen, S-Germany, larva in April 2010) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_f.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult (e.l. N-Greece, Samarina, larva in May 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_cim2011.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Adult (e.l. N-Greece, Samarina, larva in May 2013) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (W-Asutria, Kanisfluh, May 2010) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_rpe2010.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (W-Asutria, Kanisfluh, May 2010) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (e.l. northern Black Forest, Pforzheim, young larva in late February 2010) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_2rpe2010.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (e.l. northern Black Forest, Pforzheim, young larva in late February 2010) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (SW-Germany, Pforzheim, May 2012) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_3rpe2010.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (SW-Germany, Pforzheim, May 2012) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (Memmingen, garden, May 2010) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_4rpe2010.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (Memmingen, garden, May 2010) [M]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_rpe2.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (N-Greece, Samarina, May 2011) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_crpe2011.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (N-Greece, Samarina, May 2011) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (N-Greece, Samarina, May 2011) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_2crpe2011.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Larva (N-Greece, Samarina, May 2011) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Pupa (e.l. N-Greece, Samarina, larva in May 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_cppe2011.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Pupa (e.l. N-Greece, Samarina, larva in May 2013) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: Pupa (e.l. Kanisfluh 2010) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_ppe2010.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: Pupa (e.l. Kanisfluh 2010) [S]")
![Hoplodrina octogenaria: The larva can be recorded in many habitat types. I found it here on a stony and sparsely vegetated slope in the Pindos mountains near Samarina (N-Greece, May 2011) [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/octogenaria_h2011.jpg "Hoplodrina octogenaria: The larva can be recorded in many habitat types. I found it here on a stony and sparsely vegetated slope in the Pindos mountains near Samarina (N-Greece, May 2011) [N]")
Host plants:
The caterpillar lives polyphagous on herbs.
Habitat:
Hoplodrina octogenaria inhabits almost all at least semi-open habitats from drywarm to moist. Only intensive manure meadows are no longer inhabited by this species, too.
Life cycle:
The way flies in a single generation from June to August. The caterpillar overwinters and is observed again in April and May under old leaves, cushion plants or other litter.
Remarks:
The spread ranges from Europe (widespread) to Siberia.
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