Cryptocala chardinyi (Boisduval, 1829)
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_f.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_f2.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_f3.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_im2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Adult (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Young larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Young larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Young larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_2rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Young larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_3rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_4rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_5rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_6rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_7rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_8rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_9rpe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Larva (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
![Cryptocala chardinyi: Pupa (breeding photo 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/chardinyi_ppe2013.jpg "Cryptocala chardinyi: Pupa (breeding photo 2013) [S]")
Host plants:
The species is polyphagous on herbs.
Habitat:
Cryptocala chardinyi should inhabit edges in open boreal forest and similar habitats.
Life cycle:
The caterpillar overwinters and the moths fly from late June to August.
Remarks:
Cryptocala chardinyi is distributed from eastern Poland to Siberia. I owe the pictured individuals Christian Siegel (Hohenems, Austria).
