Plusidia cheiranthi

Plusidia cheiranthi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern and Eastern Europe, in Turkey, Siberia and eastwards to the Pacific Ocean.

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

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.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea| accessdate November 17, 2014

Literature
  • Barry Goater, László Ronkay und Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 10., Sorø 2003 ISBN 87-89430-08-5


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