Maraschia grisescens Osthelder, 1933
![Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_2rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_3rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_4rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_5rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_6rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Half-grown larva (Crete, Ida mountains, early May 2013) [M]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_7rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Adult (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_8rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Adult (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_9rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_10rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_11rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_12rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_13rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_14rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_15rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_16rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_17rpe2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larva (e.l. Crete 2013) [S]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larval habitat in the Ida mountains in Crete in early May 2013 [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_h2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larval habitat in the Ida mountains in Crete in early May 2013 [N]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larval habitat in the Ida mountains in Crete in early May 2013 [N]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_2h2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larval habitat in the Ida mountains in Crete in early May 2013 [N]")
![Maraschia grisescens: Larval habitat in the Ida mountains in Crete in early May 2013 [S]](bilder1/noctuidae/grisescens_3h2013.jpg "Maraschia grisescens: Larval habitat in the Ida mountains in Crete in early May 2013 [S]")
Host plants:
The larva feeds on maple (Acer). I recorded it on Crete on Acer sempervirens.
Habitat:
Maraschia grisescens inhabits maple-rich, dry and hot scrub, e.g. at stony mountain slopes.
Life cycle:
The larvae live in spring from April to early June and can be beaten. The moths occur in autumn and the eggs overwinter.
Remarks:
Maraschia grisescens occurs from Sicily and the Balkans to Iran and Turkmenistan.
