Forewing Length: 7-11mm;
Wingspan: 20mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	June July - September	?	April - June July - August (Earliest: 9.7)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous)	Mentha arvensis
Parasitoids:	Several Braconidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Pyrausta purpuralis
Pyrausta purpuralis
Nature Spot: Pyrausta purpuralis
Lepiforum: Pyrausta purpuralis
Plant Parasites of Europe: Pyrausta purpuralis

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