Mythimna l-album
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| Mythimna l-album | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Mythimna |
| Species: | M. l-album |
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| Mythimna l-album Linnaeus, 1767 | |
The L-album Wainscot (Mythimna l-album) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe, but is also found in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia and in the Levant. It is not found in the far north of the Arabian Peninsula.
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The length of the forewings varies from 15 to 16 mm. The species occurs mainly in July and again in September and October. The species survives winter as a caterpillar when it feeds on various grasses
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- ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
- (Dutch)Paul Waring en Martin Townsend, Nachtvlinders, veldgids met alle in Nederland en België voorkomende soorten, Baarn, 2006.
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