Epipsilia latens | |
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Epipsilia latens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Epipsilia |
Species: | E. latens |
Binomial name | |
Epipsilia latens (Hübner, [1809]) | |
Synonyms | |
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Epipsilia latens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central Europe, northern Spain, the Apennines, northern Iran, Turkey, Armenia and the Caucasus.
The wingspan is 33–36 mm. Forewing dingy luteous grey, varying from pale to dark; in pale examples the outer and inner lines are sharply black; stigmata in all cases indistinct; hindwing of female fuscous, of male dull whitish with grey border; the veins and postmedian line grey. [1]
Adults are on wing from June to September.
Larva yellowish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, the latter bordered inwardly by a black line thickened at middle of each segment; lateral line conspicuously black; head yellowish brown, with two dark streaks. The larvae feed on Gramineae species.
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Chersotis cuprea is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Chersotis multangula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the mountainous areas of Central and Southern Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Syria, Lebanon and the Caucasus.
Agrotis cinerea, the light feathered rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in southern and central Europe, northern Turkey, the Caucasus, western Turkmenia and Central Asia.
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