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Autographa excelsa

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Autographa excelsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Autographa
Species:
A. excelsa
Binomial name
Autographa excelsa
(Kretschmar, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Plusia excelsa Kretschmar, 1862
  • Plusia metabractea Butler, 1881
  • Phytometra parabractea Hampson, 1913

Autographa excelsa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Baltic region, southern Finland, the Tatra Mountains, northern European Russia, Siberia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

The wingspan is 38–42 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to August.

The larvae feed on Urtica species.

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