Noctua comes Hübner, 1813

lesser yellow underwing

on herbs

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 1.vi.2023 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Aegopodium podagraria; Alcea rosea; Alchemilla; Allium schoenoprasum, scorodoprasum, vineale; Alyssum montanum, murale; Anemone hupehensis, nemorosa; Aquilegia vulgaris; Avenella flexuosa; Berberis thunbergii; Buxus sempervirens; Calluna vulgaris; Campanula rotundifolia; Cardamine pratensis; Cistus salviifolius; Clematis vitalba; Cornus sanguinea; Crataegus; Cyanus montanus; Cytisus scoparius; Erigeron annuus; Euonymus europaeus; Ficaria verna; Galium album, aparine, mollugo; Iris x germanica, variegata; Lamium album, purpureum; Lathyrus odoratus; Lonicera caprifolium; Medicago lupulina; Origanum vulgare; Paeonia officinalis; Plantago lanceolata; Poa pratensis; Populus tremula; Potentilla reptans; Primula elatior, veris; Prunus cerasus, spinosa; Quercus robur; Raphanus raphanistrum; Rubus caesius, fruticosus; Rumex acetosa, aquaticus, crispus; Salix caprea; Salvia officinalis, pratensis; Sanguisorba minor; Tanacetum vulgare; Taraxacum officinale; Thymus pulegioides; Trifolium montanum, pratense; Tulipa; Tussilago farfara; Urtica dioica; Vaccinium myrtillus; Valerianella; Verbascum phlomoides; Veronica hederifolia; Vicia sativa, sepium; Vinca major.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Ebert (ed., 1998a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2021), Nunes (2021a), Pyrgus (2021), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a).