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 greyer; 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 Romania and the Bukovina, 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 cell as usual; hindwing dirty whitish in male with termen greyer, more wholly grey in female; two males from Silvaplana, Engadine, Switzerland, and one female without locality; — the other, ab. expallidata nov. is quite small, smooth pale grey with a tannish-peach 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: One? from Digne, basses Alpes, June 1908.[1]
Larva
Biologyedit
The species occurs mainly in August and September, although there are records from June to October.[1].
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.[2] The species survives winter as a caterpillar.
^The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
Referencesedit
^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
^Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
Warning, Paul & Townsend, Martin (2006). Nachtvlinders, veldgids met alle in Nederland en België voorkomende soorten, Baarn. (in Dutch)
External linksedit
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De Vlinderstichting(in Dutch)
January 01, 1970
mythimna, albipuncta, white, point, moth, family, noctuidae, species, first, described, michael, denis, ignaz, schiffermüller, 1775, distributed, throughout, europe, subspecies, found, tunisia, also, found, asia, minor, armenia, iran, northeastern, united, sta. Mythimna albipuncta the white point is a moth of the family Noctuidae The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermuller in 1775 It is distributed throughout Europe and one subspecies is found in Tunisia It is also found in Asia Minor Armenia and Iran and the northeastern United States White point Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Superfamily Noctuoidea Family Noctuidae Genus Mythimna Species M albipuncta Binomial name Mythimna albipuncta Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Synonyms Aletia albipuncta Contents 1 Technical description and variation 2 Biology 3 References 4 External linksTechnical description and variation editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms 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 greyer 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 Romania and the Bukovina 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 cell as usual hindwing dirty whitish in male with termen greyer more wholly grey in female two males from Silvaplana Engadine Switzerland and one female without locality the other ab expallidata nov is quite small smooth pale grey with a tannish peach 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 One from Digne basses Alpes June 1908 1 nbsp LarvaBiology editThe species occurs mainly in August and September although there are records from June to October 1 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 2 The species survives winter as a caterpillar The flight season refers to the British Isles This may vary in other parts of the range References edit 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 Robinson Gaden S Ackery Phillip R Kitching Ian J Beccaloni George W Hernandez Luis M 2010 Search the database introduction and help HOSTS A Database of the World s Lepidopteran Hostplants Natural History Museum London Warning Paul amp Townsend Martin 2006 Nachtvlinders veldgids met alle in Nederland en Belgie voorkomende soorten Baarn in Dutch External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythimna albipuncta Kimber Ian 73 297 BF2194 White point Mythimna albipuncta Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 UKMoths Retrieved 3 July 2019 Savela Markku Mythimna albipuncta Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved July 3 2019 Taxonomy Lepiforum e V De Vlinderstichting in Dutch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mythimna albipuncta amp oldid 1027753339, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
