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Mythimna conigera
Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mythimna conigera, the brown-line bright-eye, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
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Distribution
This species can be found in Europe and there is a disjunct population in the Sind Valley, Kashmir named subspecies angulifera (Moore, 1881) and east across the Palearctic from Asia Minor, Armenia, Central Asia, Siberia to Japan. [1][2]
Habitat
These moths inhabit open habitats, wet and dry meadows, in montane and subalpine areas. [3]
Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. [4] Forewing smooth pale ochreous suffused with brown except along costa; Forewing pale fulvous suffused with darker: lines fine, brown; inner line angled on submedian fold: outer sinuate, nearly parallel to outer margin; orbicular and reniform stigmata pale, indistinct, except lower lobe of reniform, which is marked by a snowwhite spot, and is often surrounded by a grey cloud: hindwing pale rufous, darker towards termen: -suffusa Tutt is a melanic form, without any yellow tint, from North England and W. Ireland.
Larva dull yellow brown; dorsal line white, with dark edges: subdorsal line black; lateral lines white flecked with red, with a broad brown stripe running beneath them and above the black spiracles.[5] See also Hacker et al.[6]
Biology
The moth flies from June to July depending on the location. [4] The larvae feed on various grasses, including Dactylis glomerata, Elymus repens.[7] Phalaris arundinacea, Calamagrostis purpurea and Festuca species. [1]
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