Euxoa conspicua

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Euxoa conspicua
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. conspicua
Binomial name
Euxoa conspicua
(Hübner, [1827])
Synonyms
  • Noctua agricolaBoisduval, 1829
  • Agrotis agricola(Boisduval, 1829)
  • Euxoa agricola(Boisduval, 1829)
  • Agrotis lycarumHerrich-Schäffer, [1850]
  • Agrotis squalidaEversmann, 1856
  • Agrotis abditade Joannis, 1891
  • Euxoa absconditaWarren, 1909
  • Euxoa osthelderiCorti in Seitz, 1931

Euxoa conspicua is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine and southern and eastern Russia, east to China and northern India. It is also present in the Levant.

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Description

Warren states E. conspicua Hbn. (= agricola Boisd., lycarum H.-Sch., squalida Ev.) (6h). Forewing luteous grey, dusted and shaded with fuscous, the dark and light shades contrasting; the lines double; the median shade distinct; claviform stigma with black outline; orbicular and reniform large, generally conspicuously pale, or with pale outlines; cell fuscous; hindwing dull grey with the base whitish; in Europe restricted to the South, occurring in the Canaries, Spain, France, Greece and S. Russia, and widely distributed through West and Central Asia; in the ab. abscondita nom. nov. (= abdita Stgr. nec Joan.) (6i) the markings are all obscured by a luteous grey suffusion. . [1]

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to July. There is one generation per year.

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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 .