Mythimna impura (Hübner, 1808)

smoky wainscot

on grasses, ec.

Hoofddorp, 3.vi.2014 © Laurens van der Linde

another imago

parasite

Larvae frelly at the leaves.

host plants

Cyperaceae, Poaceae, polyphagous,

Arrhenatherum elatius; Bromopsis erecta; Calamagrostis epigeios; Carex acuta, acutiformis, brizoides, disticha; Dactylis glomerata; Deschampsia cespitosa; Molinia caerulea; Phalaroides arundinacea; Phragmites australis.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2024).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Beshkov (2000b), Ebert (ed., 1998a), Lepiforum (2024), pyrgus.de (2024), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a) .