Habitat
- Steppes
26-31 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyBlýskavka lesklá 
DanskStrandært-ugle 
DeutschÖstliche Steppen-Staubeule 
Eesti keelLaiu-läiköölane 
LietuviųDvispalvė proksena 
MagyarFényesszárnyú lápibagoly 
SlovenčinaSivkavec lesklý 
SuomeksiLuotoyökkönen 
SvenskaGråbrunt kärrängsfly 
РусскийСовка чайная 
УкраїнськаСовка чайна 
中文二点委夜蛾 
日本語コウスイロヨトウ 
한국어꼬마담색밤나방
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Amaranthaceae Blitum bonus-henricus Good-King-Henry Apiaceae Chaerophyllum hirsutum Asteraceae Cirsium canum Berberidacea Berberis thunbergii Thunberg's barberry Convolvulaceae Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed Cyperaceae Carex sylvatica Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia helioscopia Sun spurge Fabaceae Trifolium pratense Red clover Geraniaceae Geranium phaeum Dusky crane's-bill Labiateae Lycopus europaeus Gypsywort Lamiaceae Ballota nigra Black Horehound Myrsinaceae Lysimachia nummularia Moneywort Plantaginaceae Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Poaceae Avena sativa Oat Polygonaceae Bistorta officinalis Bistort Rosaceae Argentina anserina Silverweed Rosaceae Geum rivale Water Avens Rosaceae Sorbus Rowan Urticaceae Urtica dioica Stinging Nettle
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Athetis lepigone Möschler, 1860 Proxenus lepigone Möschler, 1860
- Gracilathetis lepigone is a member of the clade Proxenus lepigone:
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Species Author Athetis (Proxenus) hospes (Freyer, 1831) Gracilathetis lepigone (Möschler, 1860)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Japanese Moths 
Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson
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