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Euxoa vitta

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Species of moth

Euxoa vitta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species: E. vitta
Binomial name
Euxoa vitta
(Esper, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) vitta Esper, 1789

Euxoa vitta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central and southern Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Warren states E. vitta Esp. (7 b). Distinguished from recussa, and islandica and the forms of tritici by the broad vitta, greyish white costal streak; a local species, found only in Switzerland, Austria and Hungary.

Biology

Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per year.

References

  1. Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Euxoa vitta


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