Mythimna impura (Hübner, 1808) Species
Last modified: June 4, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Hadeninae > Tribus: Hadenini > Genus: Mythimna > Subgenus: Mythimna > Species: Mythimna impura
- Vernacular names
- Stompvleugelgrasuil (NL), Smoky Wainscot (EN), La Leucanie souillée (FR), Stumpfflügel-Graseule (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1857a. Catalogue des Insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 1: 1–111. On page 94.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 30–36 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a small larva low down in the vegetation and pupates in an underground cocoon.
The adults come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from late May till late August in one generation a year.
Sometimes a partial second generation occurs till well into October.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Dactylis glomerata and Phragmites australis
- Host plant (genera):
- Luzula
- Substrates:
- Grasses
The larva lives on different species of Gramineae like Dactylis glomerata or Phragmitis australis.
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