Euxoa aquilina

Euxoa aquilina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Euxoa
Species:	E. aquilina
Binomial name
	Euxoa aquilina; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Noctua aquilina Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Noctua fictilis Hübner, [1813] ; Noctua unicolor Hübner, [1813] ; Agrotis tritici var. distincta Staudinger, 1892; Euxoa schwingenschussi Corti, 1926; Euxoa actinea Kozhanchikov, 1929; Euxoa quassa Corti, 1931; Euxoa corporea Corti, 1931; Euxoa aquilina var. rabiosa Corti, 1931; Euxoa terrestris Corti, 1931; Euxoa punctifera Corti, 1931; Euxoa rangnowi Corti, 1932; Euxoa aquilina var. schawerdae Boursin, 1934; Euxoa aquilina f. pseudoobscurior Heydemann, 1938 ; Agrotis uniformis Rougemont, 1902; Euxoa petrina Mayer, 1937; Euxoa tritic var. falleri Schawerda, 1927; Euxoa vinosa Schawerda;

Euxoa aquilina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Mediterranean region of Europe, North Africa, the Near East and the Middle East.

Description[edit]

Larger than Euxoa tritici and dull brown, with luteous instead of white scaling, the costa generally paler.^[1]

Adults are on wing from May to October. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed subterraneous on roots of Poaceae species and other herbivorous plants.Dry meadows.

^ 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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