| Date: |
7 July 2004 |
| Location: |
North Hampshire, England |
| Voucher: |
07/07/2004[H] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| Record Summary: |
Pale brownish larvae on Lesser Knapweed |
| Associated organism: |
on live leaf of Centaurea nigra |
| Identification Notes: |
While feeding the larvae retain a mass of excrement on the two posterior appendages. When full grown they shed this and remain stationary for about a week (eg caught 7th, pupa found on13th) before pupating.
[This food plant is not mentioned in Bullock.] |