Agrochola gratiosa (Staudinger, 1882)
![Agrochola gratiosa: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, larva in May 2018) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_im2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Adult (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, larva in May 2018) [S]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_2rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Half-grown larva (Greece, Samos Island, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_3rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_5rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_6rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_7rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_8rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_9rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_4rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [M]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_10rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [S]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_11rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [S]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_12rpe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larva (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [S]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, larva in May 2018) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_ppe2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, larva in May 2018) [S]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larval habitat in an embankment in open woodland (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_h2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larval habitat in an embankment in open woodland (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [N]")
![Agrochola gratiosa: Larval habitat in an embankment in open woodland (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/gratiosa_2h2018.jpg "Agrochola gratiosa: Larval habitat in an embankment in open woodland (Greece, Samos Island, Manolates, May 2018) [N]")
Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous in the herb-layer.
Habitat:
Agrochola gratiosa often inhabits open woodland and maquis with herbal unterstory and sunny embankments.
Life cycle:
The moths occur in autumn (September to mid-November). The larvae develop especially in spring from March to May.
Remarks:
Agrochola gratiosa occurs locally in Bulgaria (Struma Valley), in Greece (incl. Samos Island) and in W-Asia (especially Turkey).
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