- Diarsia florida
-
Diarsia florida Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Diarsia Species: D. florida Binomial name Diarsia florida
(Schmidt, 1859)Synonyms - Noctua florida Schmidt, 1859
The Fen Square-spot (Diarsia florida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from western Europe, Denmark, southern Norway and southern Sweden, east to Romania and Siberia. Subspecies perturbata is found in south-eastern Turkey.
The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Athyrium, Betula, Calluna, Caltha, Lamium, Primula, Rubus, Rumex, Scrophularia, Struthiopteryx, Vaccinium and Urtica species.
Subspecies
- Diarsia florida florida
- Diarsia florida perturbata (south-eastern Turkey)
External links
This Noctuinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
