Euxoa decora

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Euxoa decora
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E. decora
Binomial name
Euxoa decora
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua decoraDenis & Schiffermüller 1775
  • Euxoa nivensHübner, [1821]
  • Euxoa nebulosaHübner, [1808]
  • Euxoa decora f. nivalisVorbrodt, 1912
  • Agrotis decora var. decorataNeuburger, 1904
  • Euxoa decora f. flavomaculataSchawerda, 1924
  • Noctua simulatrixHübner, [1824]
  • Euxoa lividaStaudinger, 1901
  • Agrotis decora var. lividaStaudinger, 1901
  • Agrotis decora f. simplexTurati & Verity, 1911
  • Euxoa decora f. flavorenalisBubacek, 1924
  • Euxoa decora var. albidecoraSohn-Rethel, 1929

Euxoa decora is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, Morocco, Algeria, the Caucasus, Armenia, Issyk-Kul, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

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Description

It has a typical wingspan of 38–41 mm. Warren states E. decora Schiff. ( nebulosa Hbn., marcens Chr.) (6d). Forewing dull ashgrey, sometimes with a brownish or ochreous tinge; lines dark, often obscure; stigmata pale, sometimes ochreous; claviform, when present , yellowish ; hindwing dull fuscous , with the base paler in male. Common on the Mountains of Central Europe and in Armenia; — in ab. livida Stgr. (6d) the ground colour is dark purplish grey and the stigmata well-defined; the orbicular round and sometimes filled up with ochreous. [1]

Subspecies

Biology

Each generation of adults are on wing from July to September, and larvae feed on a wide range of low growing plants, including Anthyllis vulneraria .

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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 .