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Euxoa decora
Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Euxoa decora is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, Morocco, Algeria, the Caucasus, Armenia, Issyk-Kul, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.
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Description
It has a typical wingspan of 38–41 mm. Warren states E. decora Schiff. ( nebulosa Hbn., marcens Chr.) (6d). Forewing dull ashgrey, sometimes with a brownish or ochreous tinge; lines dark, often obscure; stigmata pale, sometimes ochreous; claviform, when present, yellowish; hindwing dull fuscous, with the base paler in male. Common on the Mountains of Central Europe and in Armenia; — in ab. livida Stgr. (6d) the ground colour is dark purplish grey and the stigmata well-defined; the orbicular round and sometimes filled up with ochreous. [1]
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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))
Biology
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.
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