Lophoterges millierei (Staudinger, 1870)


Lophoterges millierei: Adult (e.l. Albarracin, Spain, larva in late August 2013) [S] Lophoterges millierei: Adult (e.l. Albarracin, Spain, larva in late August 2013) [S] Lophoterges millierei: Adult (e.l. Albarracin, Spain, larva in late August 2013) [S] Lophoterges millierei: Larva (east Spain, Teruel, late August 2013) [M] Lophoterges millierei: Larva (Spain, Teruel, August 2013) [M] Lophoterges millierei: Larva (east Spain, Teruel, late August 2013) [M] Lophoterges millierei: Larva (east Spain, Teruel, late August 2013) [S] Lophoterges millierei: Larval habitat near Teruel (east Spain): Lonicera xylosteum in a hedge (late August 2013) [N] Lophoterges millierei: Larval habitat in east Spain (Teruel, late August 2013) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Lonicera species. I observed them in Spain (Albarracin) on Lonicera xylosteum.

Habitat:
Lophoterges millierei inhabits open, dry and warm woodland, bushy slopes, hedges and similar places.

Life cycle:
The moths occur between late April and early September in one or occasionally also two generations. The larvae live until early autumn. I recorded them clung on twigs in Spain (Sierra de Albarracin) in late August 2013.

Remarks:
Lophoterges millierei has an Atlanto-Mediterranean distribution (Morocco, Iberian Peninsula, S-France to Switzerland).

Lophoterges millierei is related to Calliergis ramosa.


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