Eublemma purpurina

Beautiful marbled
Eublemma purpurina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Eublemma
Species: E. purpurina
Binomial name
Eublemma purpurina
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua purpurina Schiffermüller], 1775

Eublemma purpurina, the beautiful marbled, is a species of moth of the Erebidae family.[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]

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 Cirsium arvense.

References

  1. "Beautiful Marbled Eublemma purpurina". UK Moths. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  2. "Eublemma purpurina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.


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