Mythimna turca
| Mythimna turca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Mythimna |
| Species: | M. turca |
| Binomial name | |
| Mythimna turca Linnaeus, 1761 | |
The Double Line (Mythimna turca) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Europe. The Eastern expansion extends through Northern Asia and Central Asia to northern China, Korea and Japan. It rises to a height of about 700 metres in the Alps.
Technical Description and variation
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The wingspan is 37–45 mm.Forewing pale rufous ochreous, dappled throughout with rufous fuscous, and very finely dusted with black atoms; inner and outer lines dark, conversely oblique; reniform stigma alone represented, forming a pale streak on discocellular, the lower end whiter, followed by a slight dark cloud; hindwing rufous, suffused in varying degrees with fuscous;- the form limbata Btlr. from Japan generally has the inner line of forewing more strongly angled beneath costa, while the legs are more heavily tufted; — ab. turcella Stgr. from Dauria is smaller and paler.[1]
Biology
The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.
Larva yellowish grey, mottled with darker, especially in front; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale ochreous; a dorsal series of dark streaks; spiracles with black rings.The larvae feed on various grasses, including Dactylus glomerata, Poa nemoralis and Luzula species.
References
- ↑ Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
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