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Euxoa decora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Euxoa decora

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euxoa

Rank
  
Species

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Euxoa decora is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern and central Europe, Morocco, Algeria, the Caucasus, Armenia, Issyk-Kul, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

It has a typical wingspan of 38–41 mm. 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.

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))

    • References

    Euxoa decora Wikipedia
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