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Polymixis polymita

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Polymixis polymita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Polymixis
Species:
P. polymita
Binomial name
Polymixis polymita
(Linnaeus, 1761)

Polymixis polymita is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of Europe, but not in the Benelux, Britain, Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula.

The wingspan is 39–46 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per annum.

The larvae feed on Primula, Lamium, Chaerophyllum and other low growing plants.

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