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Agrotis cinerea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 2:56 p.m.


A very rare and local species in the southern part of Belgium. It has not been seen for quite some time.


Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Noctuinae > Tribus: Agrotini > Genus: Agrotis > Species: Agrotis cinerea
Vernacular names
Grijze worteluil (NL), Light Feathered Rustic (EN), La Noctuelle Cendrée (FR), Aschgraue Erdeule (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 11. view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 32–40 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

It hibernates as a fully grown larva and it pupates underground in spring. Males comes readily to light, female much less so, but comes to sugar.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in one generation a year from late April till early August.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Thymus
Substrates:
Herbaceous plants

The larva lives on several species of herbaceous plants like Taraxacum, Rumex or Thymus praecox.

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Habitat

It inhabits warm, often rocky (limestone) grasslands.

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