Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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Similar Ocnogyna, Ocnogyna baetica, Utetheisa pulchella, Arctiinae, Euplagia quadripunctaria | ||
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Ocnogyna loewii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Zeller in 1846. It is found in Asia Minor, Near East, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Daghestan, southern Uzbekistan, south-western Tajikistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan.
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The wingspan is 27–28 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May.
The larvae feed Achillea, Chrysanthemum, Cirsium, Onopordum and Trifolium species.
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