Le Mi Callistège

Euclidia mi
Noctuidae, Catocalinae

Assez commun en Europe, envergure 25-30 mm, assez commun, chenille sur légumineuses et plantes basses en juin-septembre.
Une des noctuelles diurnes, elle se déplace par vols courts et fréquente les friches. L'envergure de l'adulte fait 25 à 30 mm. La femelle pond en Mai, la larve se développe jusqu'en en septembre puis fait son cocon pour passer l'hiver soit accroché à une herbe soit sous le sol et l'imago vole de Mai à Septembre se nourrissant du nectar du trèfle blanc et des renoncules.
La date de la prise de vue correspond parfaitement:

Mother Shipton Moth
It flies by day, normally taking only short, rapid flights, and can be found in wasteland and other open habitats. The popular, English name for this moth comes from the pattern on its forewing. This pattern resembles the iconic representation of Ursula Southeil, known as Mother Shipton – a sixteenth-century prophetess and witch. Mother Shipton is a mostly mythical character, who supposedly foretold the death of Cardinal Wolsey in 1530!
It flies by day, normally taking only short, rapid flights, and can be found in wasteland and other open habitats. The adult moth's forewing is 13 to 16 mm long, and the wingspan is 25 to 30 mm. The stages of its life cycle are as follows: egg: May – September, larva: June – September, pupa: July – May, and imago: May – July. It hibernates as a pupa, and does so in a cocoon among blades of grass, or right underneath the ground. Among its foods is the nectar of the white clover and the creeping buttercup.


13-05-2010

Noushka