Image to followAI-generated illustrationArctia caja
Arctia caja
Family: ErebidaeGenus: Arctianative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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60
Plants
visited
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65
Interactions
documented
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49
Host plants
known
About this species
A moth of the family Erebidae.
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Plant food
Scientific profile
Arctia caja is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is recorded as present in Great Britain. In Germany the species is listed as near threatened (Vorwarnliste).
Host plants
49 plants serve as food for the larvae
Sonchus oleraceusLamium galeobdolonCynoglossum officinaleHylotelephium telephiumJacobaea aquaticaArctium minus subsp. minusPteridium aquilinumPlantago subulataSalix auritaTaraxacumUrtica dioicaJacobaea vulgarisPinus sylvestrisRumex erubescensSalix cinereaMalus domesticaSorbus aucupariaPrunus spinosaPicea abiesEquisetum fluviatileStachys sylvaticaRibes uva-crispaVicia sativa subsp. nigraSpiraea salicifoliaVaccinium uliginosumCalystegia sepiumPlantago major subsp. majorVaccinium myrtillusAchillea millefolium var. collinaPopulus tremulaAllium schoenoprasumRibes alpinumBetula pendulaGeum rivaleRumex crispusLamium albumAlnus incanaCytisus scopariusFilipendula ulmariaAegopodium podagrariaRubus idaeusTaraxacum officinaleSalix capreaFragaria × ananassaRibes rubrumRibes nigrumSalix cinereaPteridium aquilinum subsp. pinetorumUrtica dioica
Visited plants
11 plants are visited by this species
Prunus domestica subsp. domesticaPrunus padus subsp. borealisSalix fragilisTanacetum vulgareMercurialis perennisLythrum salicariaAthyrium filix-feminaTussilago farfaraAngelica sylvestris subsp. bernardiaeCirsium arvenseErodium moschatum
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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