Pyrrhia purpurina
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Pyrrhia |
Species: | P. purpurina
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Binomial name | |
Pyrrhia purpurina (Esper, 1804)
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Pyrrhia purpurina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the warm areas of eastern Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and further into eastern Europe, up to Ukraine.
The wingspan is 27–35 mm. Adults are on wing in May.
The larvae feed on Dictamnus albus.
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