''Plusidia cheiranthi'' is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. It is found in Southern and Eastern Europe, in
Turkey,
Siberia and eastwards to the
Pacific Ocean.
The
wingspan is 32–36 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of ''
Thalictrum'', ''
Aquilegia'' and ''
Erysimum
''Erysimum'', or wallflower, is a genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. It includes more than 150 species, both popular garden plants and many wild forms. The genus ''Cheiranthus'' is sometimes included here in whole o ...
'' species. The egg overwinters.
References
Literature
* Barry Goater, László Ronkay und Michael Fibiger: ''Catocalinae & Plusiinae Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 10.'', Sorø 2003
External links
Lepiforum e. V.lepidoptera.home.pl
Moths described in 1809
Plusiinae
Moths of Europe
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