Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Pyrrhia purpurina | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pyrrhia Rank Species | |
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Similar Pyrrhia exprimens, Heliothis ononis, Heliothis nubigera, Periphanes delphinii, Pyrrhia umbra | ||
Pyrrhia purpurina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the warm areas of eastern Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and further into eastern Europe, up to Ukraine.
The wingspan is 27–35 mm. Adults are on wing in May.
The larvae feed on Dictamnus albus.
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