Euxoa aquilina
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Euxoa |
Species: | E. aquilina
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Binomial name | |
Euxoa aquilina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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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.
Description
[edit]Larger than Euxoa tritici and dull brown, with luteous instead of white scaling, the costa generally paler.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Euxoa aquilina aquilina
- Euxoa aquilina falleri (Corsica, Sardinia)
Biology
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
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