Colour Variants

Forewing Length: 10-12mm;
Wingspan: 22-26mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	August - May	?	May - July (Earliest: 29.5)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Meadows
Food: (Larva)	Arrhenatherum elatius	Deschampsia cespitosa
Food: (Adult)	Bistorta officinalis Nectar	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar	Leucanthemum vulgare Nectar
Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Many Braconidae Larvae	Many Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Oligia fasciuncula
Oligia fasciuncula
Nature Spot: Middle-barred Minor - Oligia fasciuncula
Lepiforum: Oligia fasciuncula
Plant Parasites of Europe: Oligia fasciuncula

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