Dysauxes punctata

Dysauxes punctata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Russia[1] and North Africa.[2]

Dysauxes punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Dysauxes
Species:
D. punctata
Binomial name
Dysauxes punctata
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx punctata Fabricius, 1781
  • Dysauxes punctata Fabricius, 1781
  • Dysauxes punctata var. sketschana Buresch, 1915
  • Bombyx serva Hübner, 1802-1808
  • Bombyx ochrea Millière, 1875
  • Naclia punctata var. ochrea Millière, 1875

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to mid-September in two generations per year.

The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing plants,[3] including Taraxacum, Senecio, Plantago and Lactuca species.[4]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Savela, Markku. "Dysauxes punctata (Fabricius, 1781)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  3. "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  4. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


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