Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Epipsilia latens | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Epipsilia Rank Species | |
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Similar Rhyacia, Noctuinae, Noctua, Agrotis | ||
Epipsilia latens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central Europe, northern Spain, the Apennines, northern Iran, Turkey, Armenia and the Caucasus.
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Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 33–36 mm. Forewing dingy luteous grey, varying from pale to dark; in pale examples the outer and inner lines are sharply black; stigmata in all cases indistinct; hindwing of female fuscous, of male dull whitish with grey border; the veins and postmedian line grey.
Biology
Adults are on wing from June to September.
Larva yellowish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, the latter bordered inwardly by a black line thickened at middle of each segment; lateral line conspicuously black; head yellowish brown, with two dark streaks. The larvae feed on Gramineae species.
Subspecies
References
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