Mythimna favicolor

Mythimna favicolor, or Mathew's wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles Golding Barrett in 1896. It is found in Europe (Britain,Denmark Germany, The Netherlands). The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Mythimna pallens, the common wainscot.[1]

Mythimna favicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Mythimna
Species:
M. favicolor
Binomial name
Mythimna favicolor
Barrett, 1896

Technical description and variation
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

S. favicolor Bart. Forewing pale olive brown ; veins concolorous, slightly defined by brown ; the intervals at termen with brown streaks; a small black dot at lower end of cell; an outer row of black dots on veins, sometimes reduced to two only, on veins 2 and 5 ; hindwing fuscous whitish ; - ab. lutea Tutt is paler and yellowish; — in ab. rufa Tutt the head, thorax, and forewings are bright rufous; abdomen and hindwing tinged with rufous; — argillacea Tutt has the forewing greyish luteous, the fringe pink; hindwing senea. smoky; — ab. cenea Mathew is deep orange, the hindwing smoky; the veins darker and the fringe pale; — obscura Mathew is cinnamon-brown with smoky clouding between the veins in places ; hindwing smoky; fringe pale;- pallida Mathew has the forewing very silky, pale creamy buff, the termen flushed with rosy; hind wing whitish grey; — lastly, fusco-rosea Mathew is rosy buff: the hindwing pale rosy: the veins conspicuously dark brown ; close to the ab. rufa Tutt.The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Larva pinkish ochreous reticulated with darker; dorsal line pale, narrow, with darker edges: subdorsal greyish white; a broader grey stripe above the spiracles and a pinkish ochreous one below.[2]

Biology

The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.[1] The larvae feed on Puccinellia maritima.[1]

References
  1. Kimber, Ian. "73.292 BF2200 Mathew's Wainscot Mythimna favicolor (Barrett, 1896)". UKMoths. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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