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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eublemma |
| Species: | E. purpurina
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| Eublemma purpurina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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These moths have been observed to migrate towards recently burned forest areas in Western Bohemia forests in the Czech Republic alongside other moth species.[3]
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
edit- ^ 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. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ Walter, Jan; Bartoňová, Alena Sucháčková; Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek (2022-05-30). "The Impact of a Forest Fire Event on Moth Assemblages in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic". Polish Journal of Ecology. 69 (3–4). doi:10.3161/15052249PJE2021.69.3.002. ISSN 1505-2249.
External links
edit- Lepiforum e.V.
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