Euxoa decora

Euxoa decora is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, Morocco, Algeria, the Caucasus, Armenia, Issyk-Kul, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

Illustration

Euxoa decora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. decora
Binomial name
Euxoa decora
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua decora Denis & Schiffermüller 1775
  • Euxoa nivens Hübner, [1821]
  • Euxoa nebulosa Hübner, [1808]
  • Euxoa decora f. nivalis Vorbrodt, 1912
  • Agrotis decora var. decorata Neuburger, 1904
  • Euxoa decora f. flavomaculata Schawerda, 1924
  • Noctua simulatrix Hübner, [1824]
  • Euxoa livida Staudinger, 1901
  • Agrotis decora var. livida Staudinger, 1901
  • Agrotis decora f. simplex Turati & Verity, 1911
  • Euxoa decora f. flavorenalis Bubacek, 1924
  • Euxoa decora var. albidecora Sohn-Rethel, 1929

Description

It has a typical wingspan of 38–41 mm. Warren states E. decora Schiff. ( nebulosa Hbn., marcens Chr.) (6d). Forewing dull ashgrey, sometimes with a brownish or ochreous tinge; lines dark, often obscure; stigmata pale, sometimes ochreous; claviform, when present , yellowish ; hindwing dull fuscous , with the base paler in male. Common on the Mountains of Central Europe and in Armenia; — in ab. livida Stgr. (6d) the ground colour is dark purplish grey and the stigmata well-defined; the orbicular round and sometimes filled up with ochreous. [1]

Subspecies
  • Euxoa decora decora (eastern part of the Alps and adjacent regions in the east, northern Italy)
  • Euxoa decora simulatrix (western Alps, Pyrenees)
  • Euxoa decora splendida (Italy (Abruzzi))
  • Euxoa decora macedonica (southern Yugoslasvia, north-western and southern Greece)
  • Euxoa decora olympica (central Greece (Olympus and Grammos Mountains))
  • Euxoa decora hackeri (northern Greece (Mount Phalakron))

Biology

Each generation of adults are on wing from July to September, and larvae feed on a wide range of low growing plants, including Anthyllis vulneraria.

References
  1. Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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