Image to followAI-generated illustrationMelitaea cinxia
Family: Nymphalidae
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Melitaeanon-native United Kingdom
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21
Plants
visited
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32
Interactions
documented
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10
Host plants
known
Ecological network
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Plant food
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
flexible
Overwintering
larva
Host plants
10 plants serve as food for the larvae
Beta vulgarisCentaurea jaceaHieracium alpestrePilosella officinarumPlantago coronopusPlantago lanceolataPlantago major subsp. majorPlantago maritima subsp. serpentinaPlantago media subsp. mediaVeronica spicata
Visited plants
11 plants are visited by this species
Ajuga genevensisAnchusa officinalisArmeria arenariaArmeria maritima subsp. serpentiniCardamine bulbiferaEryngium campestreLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusMalva sylvestrisMentha suaveolens agg.Thymus vulgarisVeronica teucrium
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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