Agrochola nitida
![Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_im2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_2im2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_3im2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_4im2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Female (e.l. South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_rpe2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [M]")
![Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_2rpe2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [M]")
![Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_3rpe2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_4rpe2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_5rpe2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [M]")
![Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_6rpe2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Larva (South Tyrol, Val Müstair, early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Pupa (e.l. rearing, South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_ppe2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Pupa (e.l. rearing, South Tyrol, Val Müstair, larva in early May 2015) [S]")
![Agrochola nitida: Larval habitat (Val Müstair, South Tyrol, early May 2015) [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/agrochola_muenstertal_h2015.jpg "Agrochola nitida: Larval habitat (Val Müstair, South Tyrol, early May 2015) [N]")
Host plants:
The larvae feed on grasses and herbs, more rarely (initially?) also bushes.
Habitat:
Agrochola nitida most often inhabits dry and warm biotopes like bushy dry grasslands or broad woodland margins. I found two larvae in South Tyrol (Val Müstair) together with Epipsilia larvae in Festuca tussocks in dry Festuca grasslands in 1300m asl.
Life cycle:
The egg hibernates and the larva develops between late March and May or June. Pupation occurs not until late summer and moths appear between August and October.
Remarks:
Agrochola nitida occurs in Europe and W-Asia.
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