Oligia latruncula grisescens (Heydemann, 1932)

Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Poltavsky, Alexander N. & Müller, Günter C., 2018, Addendum to the Israeli Noctuoidea fauna (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Erebidae, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 48 (1), pp. 89-98 : 93

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1473586
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scientific name	Oligia latruncula grisescens (Heydemann, 1932)
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10. Oligia latruncula grisescens (Heydemann, 1932) View in CoL

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Material: 2 specimens. Golan Heights, Majdal Shams, v.2010, V. Kravchenko & G. Müller .

Distribution: Mediterranean–Iranian: from northern and southern Europe to the Urals, Iran and Middle East. In the Levant the species has been recorded in Lebanon and Syria ( Hacker 2001).

Habitat and phenology: In Europe, the species occurs in steppes; in Israel, it has been collected in grasslands. Univoltine, in Europe occurring from May to July ( Fibiger & Hacker 2007).

Host plants: Larvae bore into tip of hibernating grass shoots ( Wagner 2005 –2018), particularly affecting Dactylis glomerata ( Poaceae ) ( Hacker 2001).