Mythimna impura (Smoky Wainscot)

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Mythimna impura (Smoky Wainscot)

Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Owlet moths (Noctuidae)
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Genus: Mythimna
Species: Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)

Other names: brungult grasfly

Norwegian name: Brungult gressfly

Host plants: Carex (True Sedges), Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot), Phragmites australis (Common reed)

Confusion species: Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info