Lacanobia oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758), (bright-line brown-eye, tomato moth)


21 Sep 2016 at OSGR: SU00 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryLarva resting on Cosmos stem
Found asLarva
Date21 September 2016
Associated organismCosmos bipinnatus
OS grid refOSGR: SU00
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes:

Larva with a tachinid larva (16I21B) endoparasitoid.

Tachinid breathing opening on the back about 2/3rd of the way down and a matching pale spot on the right flank at the base of the hind proleg.

It was feeding on Cosmos. I’ll try to rear the parasitoid.

Went down to pupate 30 Sept 16. Tachinid puparium visible in bottom of container on 10 Oct.

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