Agrotis cinerea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
![Agrotis cinerea: Female (eastern Swabian Alb, late May). The adults are often more grayish and not so brown as the pictured individual. [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/cinerea_w.jpg "Agrotis cinerea: Female (eastern Swabian Alb, late May). The adults are often more grayish and not so brown as the pictured individual. [M]")
Host plants:
The larvae feed on near-ground plant parts and root approaches.
Habitat:
Agrotis cinerea inhabits warm, gappy and often rocky grasslands. I met a moth in a south-facing limestone juniper grassland in the Swabian Alb.
Life cycle:
The mature caterpillar overwinters. Adults are found from early May to late June.
Endangerment: strongly endangered
Endangerment factors:
Agrotis cinerea has already declined severely due to eutrophication, agricultural intensification, succession (bush encroachment) and overbuilding of grasslands.
Remarks:
Agrotis cinerea occurs in Morocco and Europe to the Urals, also in parts of Western Asia.
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