Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Opigena polygona | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Opigena Rank Species | |
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Similar Graphiphora augur, Spaelotis ravida, Anaplectoides prasina, Eurois occulta, Noctuinae | ||
Opigena polygona is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland, through central and south-eastern Europe to central Asia, northern Iran, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, Irkutsk, western and central China, Tibet, Nepal and northern India.
The wingspan is 35–42 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to the latter half of September.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Capsella, Primula, Polygonum, Rumex and Trifolium.
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