Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationThymelicus lineola
Thymelicus lineola
Family: HesperiidaeGenus: Thymelicusheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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117
Plants
visited
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189
Interactions
documented
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12
Host plants
known
About this species
Thymelicus lineola is a butterfly of the skipper family (Hesperiidae).
Ecological network
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Plant-based food
Annual 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
Körper
Wingspan
2.475 cm
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 mollisPhleum pratenseMelilotus officinalisBrachypodium sylvaticumBrachypodium 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 erythraeaPrunella vulgarisCentaurea scabiosaMentha aquaticaAgrostis giganteaSpiraea albaCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCirsium tuberosumTrifolium mediumCalluna vulgarisCirsium acauleAnthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphyllaLimonium vulgareCirsium palustreTrifolium pratenseJacobaea vulgarisCirsium dissectumGalium verumCentaurea cyanusOriganum vulgarePhleum pratense subsp. pratensePoa annuaLophiolepis eriophoraCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraArctium minusStachys officinalisCirsium arvensePulicaria dysentericaHeracleum sphondyliumEpilobium parviflorumAnthriscus sylvestrisHypericum perforatum var. latifoliumLathyrus pratensisLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusLeucanthemum vulgareMelilotus albusTrifolium hybridumGalium palustreTrifolium repens subsp. repensCrepis biennisCentaurea jaceaHelminthotheca echioidesDianthus deltoidesKnautia arvensisHesperis matronalisAsclepias syriacaTanacetum vulgare
Sources & Data Origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•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)
•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)
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