Mythimna congrua (Hübner, [1817])


Mythimna congrua: Adult (e.l. Camargue, larva in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Adult (e.l. Camargue, larva in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Adult (e.l. Camargue, larva in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Adult (e.l. Camargue, larva in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Adult (e.l. Camargue, larva in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Adult (e.l. Camargue, larva in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Adult (e.l. Camargue, larva in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Half-grown larva (e.l. Camargue, Arles, October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Half-grown larva (e.l. Camargue, Arles, October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (e.l. Camargue, larvae found in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (e.l. Camargue, larvae found in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (Camargue, April 2013) [M] Mythimna congrua: Larva (e.l. Camargue, larvae found in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (e.l. Camargue, larvae found in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (e.l. Camargue, larvae found in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (e.l. Camargue, larvae found in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (e.l. Camargue, larvae found in October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larva (Camargue, April 2013) [M] Mythimna congrua: Pupa (e.l. Camargue 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Pupa (e.l. Camargue 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Habitat in the French Camargue (October 2013) [S] Mythimna congrua: Larval habitat in the French Camargue in October 2013. [S] Mythimna congrua: Larval habitat in the French Camargue in April 2013 (larval records in the right corner of the photo) [N]

Host plants:
Grasses (Poaceae and probably also Cyperaceae).

Habitat:
Mythimna congrua inhabits at least slightly humid grass stocks, e.g. along rivers and is especially common in coastal swamps. I met the larvae quite abundant in S-France (Camargue), e.g. along ditches in late April 2013 (mature larvae) and in mid-October 2013 (by beating from old grasses, half-grown larvae).

Life cycle:
Mythimna congrua is on the wing in two or three generations between April/May and October. The larva hibernates and can be beaten out of the vegetation when young. Older larvae hide in the vegation near the ground during daytime.

Remarks:
Mythimna congrua occurs in Southern Europe and West Asia. It is locally recorded northward approximately to the French southern Alps and the Italian Po Valley.



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