Mythimna languida

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Mythimna languida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mythimna
Species:
M. languida
Binomial name
Mythimna languida
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Hadena languida Walker, 1858
  • Mamestra zachi Bohatsch, 1880
  • Mamestra abbas Bethune-Baker, 1894
  • Borolia sesamiodes Hampson, 1905
  • Leucania sesamiodes

Mythimna languida is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in almost all parts of tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean basin.

Adults are on wing year-round. There are multiple generations per year.

Recorded food plants include Arundo phragmites in Italy and Lavatera species in Egypt.

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