Biology:Eublemma purpurina

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Short description: Species of moth

Beautiful marbled
Eublemma purpurina - Beautiful marbled - Мелкая совка пурпурная (26995592388).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eublemma
Species:
E. purpurina
Binomial name
Eublemma purpurina
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua purpurina [Schiffermüller], 1775

Eublemma purpurina, the beautiful marbled, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1] It is found from North Africa through the Iberian Peninsula and southern France east to Romania, southern Russia , southern Turkey up to western central Asia. In the north it ranges to Valais, in eastern Austria and Hungary and the Czech Republic.[2]

The wingspan is 20–26 millimetres (0.79–1.02 in). Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to September in two generations.

The larvae feed on creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense).

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1372105 entry