Abrostola agnorista

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Abrostola agnorista
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Abrostola
Species:
A. agnorista
Binomial name
Abrostola agnorista
Dufay, 1956

Abrostola agnorista is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Romania, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, France and Hungary.

The wingspan is 24–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September in two generations depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Parietaria officinalis and Urtica species.


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