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Saragossa seeboldi Staudinger, 1900


Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Male (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Female (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs after a few days (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs after a few days (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs after a few days (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs after a weak (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs ready to hatch after 8-10 days (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Batch of eggs ready to hatch after 8-10 days, already one L1 larva (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L1 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L2 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L3 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L4 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l., F1, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L5 (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in late September 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [M] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 (Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larva L6 ready for constructing its cocoon (e.l. Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Cocoon (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Cocoon, opened with prepupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Pupa already quite developed in late summer (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Baza, larvae found in mid-November 2022) [S] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia herba-alba (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia herba-alba (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia herba-alba (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia herba-alba (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia herba-alba (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia herba-alba (Spain, Granada, Baza, late September 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia herba-alba (Spain, Granada, Baza, mid-November 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia barrelieri. See the only mature larva that had been found during daytime (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Baza, mid-November 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia barrelieri. See the only mature larva that had been found during daytime (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Baza, mid-November 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia barrelieri (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Baza, mid-November 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia barrelieri (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Baza, mid-November 2022) [N] Saragossa seeboldi: Larval habitat with Artemisia barrelieri (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Baza, mid-November 2022) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae feed on Artemisia herba-alba and Artemisia barrelieri.

Habitat:
Saragossa seeboldi inhabits salty areas, steppe slopes, rocks, barrancos and generally very dry, semi-desert-like open landscapes where the larval host plants are abundant. It can occur up to more than 1400m on dry mountain slopes (e.g. northern slopes of Sierra de Baza) and occurs there in open places in partly lightly wooded slopes. On the other hand Saragossa seeboldi also lives on cpasts (e.g. Cabo de Gata, here like in the Sierra de Baza on Artemisia barrelieri).

Life cycle:
The moths occur like many other semi-desert species in autumn (September and October). Oviposition occurs in batches on the twigs of the hostplant. The mobile young larvae disperse a bit and stay on the plants also in daytime. I have beaten them numerously from Artemisia herba-alba in early October (east of Baza). The older larvae hide on or in the soil during daytime and feed at night. I could beat them also east of baza one hour after sunset in mid-November. During daytime I only found a single larva feeding during bad weather in the Sierra de Baza at about 1400m (not parasitized, Artemisia barrelieri). The larvae are mature in November and pupate in a dense but soft cocoon relatively deep in the soil until December. The pupal stage lasts then until next autumn or even longer (several years).

Remarks:
Saragossa seeboldi occurs in NW-Africa (Morocco) and in the more eastern part of Spain (from Adalucia to the Ebro valley). It is locally more widespread than formerly thought and is obviously not rare in e.g. most of southeastern Andalucia and Murcia. But many habitats have already fallen victim to vast agricultural intensification and also overbuilding. Another, more and more important endangerment factor is renewable energy (especially solar panels).

Literature:
Wagner, W. (2024): Observations on the larval ecology and life cycle of Saragossa seeboldi Staudinger, 1900 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Hadeninae) in southern Spain. — Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Neue Folge 45 (1): 65-70.


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