About Mythimna vitellina Hübner, 1808
Mythimna vitellina (Hübner, 1808) has a wingspan of 36–43 mm. Forewings measure 12 to 14 mm in length. Forewings are pale yellowish ochreous, typically strongly flushed with rufous; veins are finely rufous. The lines are fine, more or less angled, with the inner and outer lines approximated along the inner margin. Stigmata are indistinct: the orbicular stigma is faint and often obsolete, while the reniform stigma is rufous with a dark spot in its lower end. Hindwings are ochreous white, and are greyer in females; veins are often fuscous. The paler, less intensely coloured form with whiter hindwings is named ab. pallida nov. [Warren]. This variant is comparatively rare in western Europe, though it occurs in Switzerland and the Canary Islands, and is the typical form found in Syria and Turkestan. For further information see Hacker et al.
