Blepharita amica

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Blepharita amica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Blepharita
Species:
B. amica
Binomial name
Blepharita amica
(Treitschke, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Hadena amicaTreitschke, 1825
  • Blepharita amica ussuriensisSheljuzhko, 1825

Blepharita amica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from northern Europe to the Russian plain, the Ural, Siberia (West Siberian Lowland and South Siberian Mountains), the Amur Oblast, Primorye Region and Kazakhstan. It has also been recorded from the Korean Peninsula, Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu) and north-eastern China.

The wingspan is 41–47 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of August to the beginning of October. Larvae have been recorded on Aconitum septentrionale , Heracleum sphondylium , Lactuca sativa , Pastinaca sativa , Taraxacum vulgare , Lupinus polyphyllus and Prunus padus .


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