Phlogophora wollastoni (Bethune-Baker, 1891)


Phlogophora wollastoni: Male (Madeira, Encumeada, March 2013) [M] Phlogophora wollastoni: Male (Madeira, Encumeada, March 2013) [M] Phlogophora wollastoni: Female (Madeira, Encumeada, March 2013) [M] Phlogophora wollastoni: Female (Madeira, Encumeada, March 2013) [M] Phlogophora wollastoni: Freshly deposited eggs (e.o. Madeira 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: L1-Larva (e.o. Madeira, Encumeada, female in March 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Young Larva (e.o. Madeira, Encumeada, female in March 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Half-grown larva (e.o. Encumeada 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Half-grown larva (e.o. Encumeada 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Half-grown larva (e.o. Encumeada 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Half-grown larva (Madeira, Paul da Serra, March 2013, beaten from ferns) [M] Phlogophora wollastoni: Half-grown larva (e.l. Paul da Serra, March 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Larva in penultimate instar (e.o. Encumeada 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Larva (e.l. Paul da Serra 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Larva (e.l. Paul da Serra 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Larva (e.l. Paul da Serra 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Larva (e.l. Paul da Serra 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Last-instar-larva (e.o. Madeira, Encumeada, female in March 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Pupa (e.l. Paul da Serra 2013) [S] Phlogophora wollastoni: Larval habitat in Madeira (March 2013). I tapped younger larvae from the small ferns. Syntopically I found mature larvae of Mniotype albostigmata on Digitalis. [N] Phlogophora wollastoni: Larval habitat in Madeira (March 2013). I tapped younger larvae from the small ferns. Syntopically I found mature larvae of Mniotype albostigmata on Digitalis. [N] Phlogophora wollastoni: Habitat in the laurel forest in Madeira (March 2013) [N] Phlogophora wollastoni: Habitat in the laurel forest beld north of the Boca da Encumeada (March 2013) [N] Phlogophora wollastoni: Habitat landscape between the Boca da Encumeada and Sao Vicente (March 2013). There also fly Parage xiphia, Euplexia dubiosa and Ochropleura leucogaster. [N]

Host plants:
The larvae live primarily on ferns, but are altogether quite polyphagous in the herb layer.

Habitat:
Phlogophora wollastoni inhabits especially humid laurel and heath woodlands and neighbouring areas.

Life cycle:
The adults are probably on the wing year-round. But there should be a maximum in autumn and an other in spring. The larvae live in the herb layer, preferably at fern-rich places. I tapped young to half-grown larvae from small ferns in March 2013.

Remarks:
Phlogophora wollastoni is endemic to Madeira (Portugal).



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