Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Noctuidae | |
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Similar Syngrapha ain, Diachrysia zosimi, Diachrysia chryson, Euchalcia consona, Autographa mandarina | ||
Plusidia cheiranthi is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Southern and Eastern Europe, in Turkey, Siberia and eastwards to the Pacific Ocean.
The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Thalictrum, Aquilegia and Erysimum species. The egg overwinters.
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