Cyprian Ocnogyna moth

Ocnogyna clathrata cypriaca, An endemic species, spotted in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. The larvae are very polyphagous on herbaceous plants, very rarely also grasses. Ocnogyna clathrata inhabits various open or semiopen and most often dry and warm habitats like gravel banks, garigues, mountain slopes, fallow land, goat pastures etc.