Odezia atrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay,Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
• Habitat: temperate and cold Europe. In Southern Europe it does not, but in the northern Black Moth reaches of Lapland. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Fore wing length 1.2-1.4 cm. Butterfly generally black with white tips of the wings, it is easily distinguished from other moths. [5].

General info about Imago

• He lives in moderately moist, and in wet meadows, on the banks of ponds, on the outskirts of riparian forests and mountain meadows. [5].

Imago lifespan

• Flight from late May to late July. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Conopodium, Anthriscus, Angelica. [28].
• Kupyr butene. [5].

Larva lifespan

• The caterpillar lives from May to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

• Egg. [5].

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Chorosoma macilentum Stål, 1858

Rhopalidae

Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, 1855

Dryophthoridae

Dorytomus leucophyllus Motschulsky, 1845

Curculionidae

Noterus japonicus Sharp, 1873

Noteridae

Hylobius haroldi Faust, J., 1882

Curculionidae