Mythimna conigera
# Mythimna conigera

Mythimna conigera, the brown-line bright-eye, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

## Distribution

This species can be found in Europe and there is a disjunct population in the Sind Valley, Kashmir named subspecies angulifera (Moore, 1881) and east across the Palearctic from Asia Minor, Armenia, Central Asia, Siberia to Japan.

## Habitat

These moths inhabit open habitats, wet and dry meadows, in montane and subalpine areas.

## Technical description and variation

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Forewing smooth pale ochreous suffused with brown except along costa; Forewing pale fulvous suffused with darker: lines fine, brown; inner line angled on submedian fold: outer sinuate, nearly parallel to outer margin; orbicular and reniform stigmata pale, indistinct, except lower lobe of reniform, which is marked by a snowwhite spot, and is often surrounded by a grey cloud: hindwing pale rufous, darker towards termen: -suffusa Tutt is a melanic form, without any yellow tint, from North England and W. Ireland.

Larva dull yellow brown; dorsal line white, with dark edges: subdorsal line black; lateral lines white flecked with red, with a broad brown stripe running beneath them and above the black spiracles.

## Biology

The moth flies from June to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on various grasses, including Dactylis glomerata, Elymus repens. Phalaris arundinacea, Calamagrostis purpurea and Festuca species.

