Eilema albicosta explained

Eilema albicosta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1894. It is found in Spain and on the Canary Islands.^[1]

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on algae, mosses, lichen and detritus.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201253/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446930 Fauna Europaea
2. http://www.pyrgus.de/Eilema_albicosta_en.html "Eilema albicosta (Rogenhofer, 1894)"