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| The nettle-tap moth is diurnal. The first generation are active from early May to early July and the second from late July to early October. These moths are found in all habitats where nettles (Urtica) especially Urtica dioica, grow. The caterpillars of the nettle-tap moth reach body lengths of about 10 mm. The body surface is finely ridged, pale yellowish-green to whitish-green, sometimes translucent, and therefore darker in the front half because here the inter... | | |
| | ...ularly like the ordinary thistle (Cirsium vulgare), cabbage thistle (Cirsium oleraceum), Carduus thistles (Carduus sp.) and other plants from the thistle family. Painted lady caterpillars are also found on musk mallow (Malva moschata) and nettle (Urtica dioica). | | |
| | | ...erbaceous vegetation. They feed by sucking plant juices from single cells of leaf tissue (mesophyll). Tiny white spots can then be seen on the leaves as the saliva of Eupteryx aurata destroys chlorophyll. Their preferred food plants include nettles (Urtica), Labiatae (Lamiaceae) and potato (Solanum tuberosum). | | |
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