1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

Nach den Ausführungen auf der Artseite von [butterfliesandmoths.org] muss die Raupe hochgradig polyphag sein: "Larvae (Salt Marsh Caterpillars) are pests on many plants. [...] Hosts: Apple trees, cabbage, clover, corn, cotton, peas, potato, tobacco, and other plants."

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Phalaena acrea Drury, 1773 [Originalkombination]

3.2. Synonyme

• Diacrisia mombasana Rothschild, 1910 [Synonym nach funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistik

Die Art ist in Nordamerika - dort besonders in den USA - weit verbreitet; siehe z.B. [butterfliesandmoths.org].

Das Synonym Diacrisia mombasana Rothschild, 1910 wurde aus Mombasa in Kenia beschrieben.

Kuchlein & de Vos (1999: 228) berichteten über mehrfache Verschleppungen in die Niederlande: "[7] Since 1986 several specimens of Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773) were reported in The Netherlands with plant material from North America (G. Romeijn, i.l.)." Zum Versuch einer Etablierung scheint es noch nicht gekommen zu sein - die Voraussetzungen dafür wären wohl gegeben.

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Drury, D. (1773): Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects, According to their different Genera; Very few of which have hitherto been figured by any Author, Being engraved and coloured from Nature, with the greatest Accuracy, and under the Author's own Inspection, On Fifty Copper-Plates. With a particular Description of each Insect: Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections of the Nature and Properties of many of them. Vol. II: i-vii, 1-90, pl. I-L, Index to the First Volume, Errata and Addenda to the First Volume [not paginated], Index to the Second Volume, Errata and Addenda to the Second Volume [not paginated]. London.
• Kuchlein, J.H. & R. de Vos (1999): Geannoteerde Naamlijst van de Nederlandse Vlinders - Annotated Checklist of the Dutch Lepidoptera. — 302 S.; Leiden (Backhuys Publishers)