Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Mythimna turca | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Mythimna Rank Species | |
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Similar Mythimna ferrago, Mythimna straminea, Mythimna conigera, Mythimna vitellina, Mythimna pudorina | ||
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Mythimna turca, the double line, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe. The eastern expansion extends through northern Asia and central Asia to northern China, Korea and Japan. It rises to a height of about 700 metres in the Alps.
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Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 37–45 mm. Forewing pale rufous ochreous, dappled throughout with rufous fuscous, and very finely dusted with black atoms; inner and outer lines dark, conversely oblique; reniform stigma alone represented, forming a pale streak on discocellular, the lower end whiter, followed by a slight dark cloud; hindwing rufous, suffused in varying degrees with fuscous;- the form limbata Btlr. from Japan generally has the inner line of forewing more strongly angled beneath costa, while the legs are more heavily tufted; — ab. turcella Stgr. from Dauria is smaller and paler.
Biology
The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.
Larva yellowish grey, mottled with darker, especially in front; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale ochreous; a dorsal series of dark streaks; spiracles with black rings.The larvae feed on various grasses, including Dactylus glomerata, Poa nemoralis and Luzula species.