Status: Endangered (RDB1); records from a few scattered locations in southern and eastern England, but recently only from a small area of a single site in Norfolk, therefore vulnerable to over-collecting.
RDB Category: Endangered (RDB1)
Habitat: Fens and coppices
Host plant: Thistles (Cirsium spp)
Overwintering: Not as adults
Food: Leaves of thistles
Other notes: In Scandinavia, adults and larvae may be predated by the carabid beetle Lebia cruxminor.

Status: Widespread, though it may have declined in some areas.
Habitat: Various open habitats, including many types of grassland.
Host plant: Various
Overwintering: Probably as adults
Food: Leaves of host plants
Other notes: Parasitised by various Hymenoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera.

Status: Widespread in the southern half of England; occasional in Wales.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various Solanaceae, especially bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Overwintering: As adults
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae at roots

Status: Scarce (Notable B), scattered in southern and eastern England.
Habitat: Various (historically on commercial deadly nightshade crops)
Host plant: Various Solanaceae, especially Deadly Nightshade Atropa belladonna
Overwintering: As adults in grassy borders of ditches and hedgerows.
Food: Adults on leaves (sometimes skeletonising them), larvae on roots.

Status: Widespread and can be locally abundant.
Habitat: Among reeds and bulrushes in various wet habitats.
Host plant: Bur-reeds (Sparganium spp.) and bulrushes (Typha latifolia), also on other water plants.
Overwintering: Three-year life cycle, overwintering as adults in cocoons.
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae probably on roots.