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Euxoa vitta

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Euxoa vitta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. vitta
Binomial name
Euxoa vitta
(Esper, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) vitta Esper, 1789

Euxoa vitta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central and southern Europe.

Description

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The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Warren states E. vitta Esp. (7 b). Distinguished from recussa, and islandica and the forms of tritici by the broad vitta, greyish white costal streak; a local species, found only in Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. [1]

Biology

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Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per year.

References

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