Biology:Dysauxes punctata
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Dysauxes |
| Species: | D. punctata
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| Dysauxes punctata (Fabricius, 1781)
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Dysauxes punctata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Russia[1] and North Africa.[2]
The wingspan is 20–22 mm (0.79–0.87 in). Adults are on wing from May to mid-September in two generations per year.
The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing plants,[3] including Taraxacum, Senecio, Plantago and Lactuca species.[4]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Dysauxes punctata (Fabricius, 1781)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/ctenuchinae/dysauxes/#punctata. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ↑ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=1357.
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dysauxes punctata. |
Wikidata ☰ Q3333186 entry
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