Euclidia glyphica

Family: ErebidaeGenus: Euclidianative in Germany

native in Germany

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

A small insect in the family Erebidae with a body mass of 0.016 g. It is polyphagous and has been recorded in Great Britain. Adults are active in June and July and the species overwinters as a pupa.

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Plant food

Yearly cycle

Adults are active in June and July. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

Merkmale

Körper

Body size

small

Weight

0.0158 g

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polyphagous

Overwintering

pupa

Scientific profile

Euclidia glyphica is a small insect belonging to the family Erebidae. Its body mass averages 0.016 g. It is a polyphagous species. Adults are on the wing during June and July, and the species passes the winter in the pupal stage. The species has been recorded in Great Britain (source: UK Species Inventory), where its presence is listed as indeterminate; it has not been recorded as introduced and established. In Germany it is classified as not threatened.

Host plants

9 plants serve as food for the larvae

Medicago sativaTrifolium noricumLotus corniculatusMedicago lupulinaVicia cracca Lathyrus pratensis Trifolium pratense Trifolium medium Trifolium hybridum

Visited plants

19 plants are visited by this species

Cirsium acauleTrifolium repens subsp. repensLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusAjuga reptansRanunculus polyanthemos subsp. serpensTrifolium montanumVeronica chamaedrys Jacobaea vulgaris Bellis perennis Centaurea scabiosa Glechoma hederaceaEchinops sphaerocephalus subsp. sphaerocephalusMentha spicataHelminthotheca echioides Knautia arvensis Cirsium dissectum Lepidium draba Ornithogalum umbellatumOriganum vulgare

Sources & data origin

•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

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