Euxoa aquilina

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Euxoa aquilina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. aquilina
Binomial name
Euxoa aquilina
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua aquilinaDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Noctua fictilisHübner, [1813]
  • Noctua unicolorHübner, [1813]
  • Agrotis tritici var. distinctaStaudinger, 1892
  • Euxoa schwingenschussiCorti, 1926
  • Euxoa actineaKozhanchikov, 1929
  • Euxoa quassaCorti, 1931
  • Euxoa corporeaCorti, 1931
  • Euxoa aquilina var. rabiosaCorti, 1931
  • Euxoa terrestrisCorti, 1931
  • Euxoa punctiferaCorti, 1931
  • Euxoa rangnowiCorti, 1932
  • Euxoa aquilina var. schawerdaeBoursin, 1934
  • Euxoa aquilina f. pseudoobscuriorHeydemann, 1938
  • Agrotis uniformisRougemont, 1902
  • Euxoa petrinaMayer, 1937
  • Euxoa tritic var. falleriSchawerda, 1927
  • Euxoa vinosaSchawerda

Euxoa aquilina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Mediterranean region of Europe, North Africa, the Near East and the Middle East.

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Description

Larger than Euxoa tritici and dull brown, with luteous instead of white scaling, the costa generally paler. [1]

Subspecies

Biology

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

The larvae feed subterraneous on roots of Poaceae species and other herbivorous plants.Dry meadows.

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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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .