Euxoa decora

Euxoa decora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Euxoa
Species:	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;

Last updated September 04, 2025

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.

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

Euxoa decora decora (eastern part of the Alps and adjacent regions in the east, northern Italy)
Euxoa decora simulatrix (western Alps, Pyrenees)
Euxoa decora splendida (Italy (Abruzzi))
Euxoa decora macedonica (southern Yugoslasvia, north-western and southern Greece)
Euxoa decora olympica (central Greece (Olympus and Grammos Mountains))
Euxoa decora hackeri (northern Greece (Mount Phalakron))

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 .

References

↑ 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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