Diachrysia chryson
Seq # 900030030
Euchalcia modestoides

Diachrysia stenochrysis (Warren, 1913) Species

Last modified: June 30, 2025, 7:49 p.m.

Previously, the species classification of D. stenochrysis was considered controversial and was often included in Diachrysia chrysitis.
New studies have shown that this is now a full species.

Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Plusiinae > Tribus: Plusiini > Genus: Diachrysia > Species: Diachrysia stenochrysis
Vernacular names
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Status

Native

Distribution

Bionomics

Hibernates as a small larva, near the ground among vegetation and pupates in a loose cocoon spun under or near a leaf of the food plant. The adults are active from dusk on and later come to light and rarely to sugar.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in two different generations, sometimes three, from mid-May till mid-October.

Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Urtica, Lamium and Origanum
Substrates:
Herbaceous plants

The larva lives on a variety of herbaceous plants and other low-growing plants including Urtica dioica, Lamium and Origanum vulgare.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1810 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1799 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1972 Antwerpen
  • 1927 Limburg
  • 266 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1912 Brabant
  • 70 Brabant Wallon
  • 1692 Hainaut
  • 2226 Namur
  • 2149 Liège
  • 2228 Luxembourg