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Thymelicus lineola

Family: HesperiidaeGenus: Thymelicusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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117

Plants

visited

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189

Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

Thymelicus lineola is a butterfly of the skipper family (Hesperiidae).

Ecological network

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Plant food

Yearly cycle

Eggs are laid in summer and remain dormant through the winter. The following spring, larvae emerge, feed on grasses, and then pupate. Adult butterflies appear from June and may be seen into August.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

oligophagous

Generationen/Jahr

univoltine

Overwintering

egg

Scientific profile

It is a univoltine species, completing one generation each year. The egg is the overwintering stage. Adults are on the wing from June to August. Larvae are oligophagous, feeding on a restricted range of grasses.

Host plants

12 plants serve as food for the larvae

Dactylis glomerataElymus repensAlopecurus pratensisHolcus mollis Phleum pratenseMelilotus officinalisBrachypodium sylvaticum Brachypodium rupestreDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataDeschampsia cespitosaCalamagrostis epigejos subsp. epigejosElymus repens subsp. repens

Visited plants

105 plants are visited by this species

Ononis spinosa subsp. austriacaCirsium heterophyllumBallota nigra subsp. nigraCentaurium erythraea Prunella vulgaris Centaurea scabiosa Mentha aquaticaAgrostis giganteaSpiraea albaCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCirsium tuberosum Trifolium medium Calluna vulgaris Cirsium acauleAnthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphyllaLimonium vulgare Cirsium palustre Trifolium pratense Jacobaea vulgaris Cirsium dissectum Galium verum Centaurea cyanusOriganum vulgarePhleum pratense subsp. pratensePoa annuaLophiolepis eriophoraCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraArctium minusStachys officinalis Cirsium arvense Pulicaria dysentericaHeracleum sphondyliumEpilobium parviflorum Anthriscus sylvestrisHypericum perforatum var. latifoliumLathyrus pratensisLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusLeucanthemum vulgareMelilotus albusTrifolium hybridum Galium palustreTrifolium repens subsp. repensCrepis biennisCentaurea jaceaHelminthotheca echioides Dianthus deltoides Knautia arvensis Hesperis matronalisAsclepias syriacaTanacetum 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)

All data is licensed under CC BY 4.0, CC0, or compatible terms. Attribution according to license conditions. Full source overview →

Host plants

12 plants serve as food for the larvae

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)

All data is licensed under CC BY 4.0, CC0, or compatible terms. Attribution according to license conditions. Full source overview →