Eublemma purpurina
Eublemma purpurina, the beautiful marbled, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1] It is found from North Africa through the Iberian Peninsula and southern France east to Romania, southern Russia, southern Turkey up to western central Asia. In the north it ranges to Valais, in eastern Austria and Hungary and the Czech Republic.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eublemma |
| Species: | E. purpurina |
| Binomial name | |
| Eublemma purpurina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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The wingspan is 20–26 millimetres (0.79–1.02 in). Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense).
References
- Kimber, Ian. "72.074 BF2407a Beautiful Marbled Eublemma purpurina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". UKMoths. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "Eublemma purpurina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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