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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Abrostola |
Species: | A. tripartita |
Binomial name | |
Abrostola tripartita (Hufnagel, 1766) | |
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Abrostola tripartita (the spectacle) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout much of the Palearctic realm including all Europe (except for Iceland), [1] Russia, Siberia Amur, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.
From South (1907)[ needs update ] "This species, has the basal and outer marginal areas of the fore wings whitish grey, finely mottled with darker grey; the central area is greyish brown, mottled with darker brown. The spectacle mark in front of the thorax is whitish grey, ringed with black, and the raised scales on the cross lines and central area of the fore wings are more distinct in this species" [than in Abrostola triplasia ] [2] [3]
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