Polyploca korbi Rebel, 1901
![Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_10im2018.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]")
![Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_im2018.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]")
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![Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_3im2018.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]")
![Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_5im2018.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]")
![Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_6im2018.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larva in mid-May 2017) [S]")
![Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_2rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_3rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [S]")
![Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_4rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_5rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_6rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_7rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_8rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_9rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larva on Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_10rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larva on Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larva on Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_11rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larva on Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_12rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larva on Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, mid-May 2017) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_13rpe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larva on Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, mid-May 2017) [M]")
![Polyploca korbi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_ppe2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, mid-May 2017) [S]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larval habitat with Quercus pubescens (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larvae in mid-May 2017) [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_h2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larval habitat with Quercus pubescens (Greece, Samos Island, Moni Vronda, larvae in mid-May 2017) [N]")
![Polyploca korbi: Larval habitat with Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, larvae in mid-May 2017) [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/korbi_2h2017.jpg "Polyploca korbi: Larval habitat with Quercus ilex (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, 600m, larvae in mid-May 2017) [N]")
Host plants:
The larvae feed on oak species, especially Q. pubescens, Q. infectoria and more rarely also Q. ilex.
Habitat:
Polyploca korbi inhabits oak woodland or maquis interspersed with oaks.
Life cycle:
The moths occur in early spring (especially March). The larvae are found between mid-April and May. I could beat them quite commonly from all three mentioned oak species in Samos Island in mid-May 2017.
Remarks:
In the area of the European Union Polyploca korbi in so far only known from Samos Island (Greece, see Fritsch et al. 2014). Its main distribution is in Turkey (especially East Anatolia) and supposedly also further East (Iran?).
Literature:
Fritsch, D., Stanglmaier, G., Top-Jensen, M., Bech, K. (2014): Die nachtaktive Großschmetterlingsfauna von Samos (Griechenland, Östliche Ägäis) (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea, Lasiocampoidea, Bombycoidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Noctuoidea). — Esperiana. Buchreihe zur Entomologie. Band 19: 7-101. Bad Staffelstein.
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