Mythimna albipuncta
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Mythimna |
| Species: | M. albipuncta |
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Mythimna albipuncta (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Aletia albipuncta |
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Aletia albipuncta
Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe and one subspecies is found in Tunisia. It is also found in Asia Minor, Armenia, and Iran.
The moth has a wingspan of 30 to 35 mm. The length of the forewings varies from 14 to 17 mm. Forewing rufous brown, dusted with greyr; costal edge whitish; lines brown, conversely edged with paler; outer line obscurely lunulate-dentate, the teeth not marked by dots on veins; submarginal line pale, diffuse, edged outwardly with darker; reniform stigma forming a distinct white spot at lower end of cell; hindwing dark or pale grey, sometimes tinged with rufous or ochreous; in the form known as italogallica Mill, the wings are darker, dull brown; — flecki Carad.; from Rumania and the Bukowina, is rather smaller, the forewing dull grey brown, the hindwing fuscous: -- in fasciata Spul. the darker brown tints are more strongly developed in median area so as to form a kind of fascia; besides the above already named forms there appear to be two more, equally deserving of a separate name; — ab. ochrea nov.[Warren] is ochreous, dusted with grey, and with a slight flush, rufous in male reddish brown in female, with the lines dark grey and the marginal area darker; the white spot at end of cellas usual; hindwing dirty whitish in male with termen greyer, more wholly grey in female;2 males from Silvaplana,Engadine, Switzerland, and 1 female without locality; — the other, ab. expallidata nov. is quite small, smooth pale grey with a flesh-coloured tinge; the inner line hardly traceable, but the outer black and distinct throughout; the lunules and the teeth all alike strongly marked; but the usual marginal dark area is here concolorous with rest of wing; the median vein shows dark below the white discal spot; hindwing dirty white, greyer towards termen: 1 ? from Digne, Basses Alpes, June 1908.
The species occurs mainly in August and September, although there are records from June to October. .
Larva dull reddish grey;dorsal line white, dark-edged; subdorsal line black, edged beneath with white and then a dark shade; spiracles black on a paler stripe. The larva feeds on various grasses. . The species survives winter as a caterpillar.
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