Plusidia cheiranthi

Plusidia cheiranthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Plusidia
Species: P. cheiranthi
Binomial name
Plusidia cheiranthi
(Tauscher, 1809)[1]
Synonyms
  • Noctua cheiranthi Tauscher, 1809
  • Plusidia abrostoloides Butler, 1879
  • Plusia eygenia Eversmann, 1841
  • Plusidia separanda Warren, 1913

Plusidia cheiranthi is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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 species. The egg overwinters.

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