Euxoa distinguenda is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central, southern and eastern Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and western Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Euxoa |
| Species: | E. distinguenda
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| Binomial name | |
| Euxoa distinguenda (Lederer, 1857)
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Description
editWarren states E. distinguenda Led. (= aquilina Bsd. non Hbn., hastifera Donz. fig. 2 only) (5f). Exceedingly like aquilina, but the male has the antennae clothed with long fascicles of cilia; claviform stigma large, outlined in black: hindwing white. Found in S. France. Switzerland and Hungary: originally recorded from the Altai Mts. in W. Siberia. [1]
Subspecies
edit- Euxoa distinguenda distinguenda (Alps)
- Euxoa distinguenda distincta (eastern Europe, Levant)
Biology
editAdults are on wing from September to October. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants.
References
edit- ^ Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
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