Pycnogaster jugicola Graells, 1851


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Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, larva in early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female (e.l. Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, larva in early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female (e.l. Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, larva in early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female (e.l. Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, larva in early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female (e.l. Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, larva in early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female (e.l. Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, larva in early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female (e.l. Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, larva in early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female larva (Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Female larva (Spain, northern Sierra de Albarracin, Alcoroches, early April 2024) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Sierra de Gredos, larva in early May 2022) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Sierra de Gredos, larva in early May 2022) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Sierra de Gredos, larva in early May 2022) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Sierra de Gredos, larva in early May 2022) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Sierra de Gredos, larva in early May 2022) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Sierra de Gredos, larva in early May 2022) [S] Pycnogaster jugicola: Habitat (Spain, Madrid, Sierra de Guadarrama, Peñalara, 2000m, mid-October 2021) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Habitat (Spain, Madrid, Sierra de Guadarrama, Peñalara, 2000m, mid-October 2021) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Habitat (Spain, Madrid, Sierra de Guadarrama, Peñalara, 2000m, mid-October 2021) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Habitat (Spain, Madrid, Sierra de Guadarrama, Peñalara, 2000m, mid-October 2021) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larval habitat with many larvae in the grassy area in almost 2000m (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larval habitat with many larvae in the grassy area in almost 2000m (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N] Pycnogaster jugicola: Larval habitat with many larvae in the grassy area in almost 2000m (Spain, Sierra de Gredos, early May 2022) [N]

Habitat:
Pycnogaster jugicola inhabits dry mountain slopes, usually with well developed layer of dwarf shrubs, especially junipers, but also broom. It is found up to 2200m (e.g. Peñalara).

Life cycle:
The adults appear between May and July/August, in hight altitudes even far into October. I observed several males singing in the upper zones of creeping juniper bushes in the bright sunshine around 2000m in the Peñalara mountains (Madrid) in mid-October 2021.

Remarks:
Pycnogaster jugicola occurs in the central Iberian Peninsula in a broad stripe reaching from central Portugal in the west across Madrid to the Mediterranean Sea near Castellon in the east. It is also found in parts of the Sierra de Albarracin near Teruel.



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