Plusidia cheiranthi

Plusidia cheiranthi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern and Eastern Europe, in Turkey, Siberia and eastwards to the Pacific Ocean.

Plusidia cheiranthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Plusidia
Species:	P. cheiranthi
Binomial name
Plusidia cheiranthi (Tauscher, 1809)[1]
Synonyms
Noctua cheiranthi Tauscher, 1809 Plusidia abrostoloides Butler, 1879 Plusia eygenia Eversmann, 1841 Plusidia separanda Warren, 1913

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.