Noctua tirrenica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by A. D. Biebinger, Wolfgang Speidel and H. Hanigk in 1983. It is found in southern Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula and France to southern Russia.

Noctua tirrenica
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Noctua
Species:
N. tirrenica
Binomial name
Noctua tirrenica
Biebinger, Speidel & Hanigk, 1983[1]

The wingspan is 46–56 mm. Adults are on the wing from June to October in one generation per year.

The larvae are polyphagous on various herbaceous plants.[2]

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