Mimas tiliae

Host plants:
In the first place the caterpillars live on Tilia species, but also on Ulmus, Alnus and Betula.

Habitat:
Suitable habitats can be forests, the human settlement areas, parks, and even single trees in the agricultural area.

Life cycle:
Mimas tiliae flies in one or more rarely two generations between May and August. Eggs are deposited singly on the underside of leaves. I found some eggs in a woodland edge near Memmingen (Germany) on the lower branches of a middle-aged Tilia in June 2012. The caterpillars live mainly from early June to September with a peak in July. They sit on the underside of leaves and show characteristic feeding scars.

Endangerment factors:
Mimas tiliae is not endangered.

Remarks:
The distribution ranges from the Central Iberian Peninsula across large parts of Europe to Western Siberia.