Diarsia brunnea

Diarsia brunnea
Diarsia brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diarsia
Species: D. brunnea
Binomial name
Diarsia brunnea
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua brunnea [Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Phalaena (Noctua) lucifera Esper, 1789
  • Phalaena (Noctua) lucifera Esper, 1798
  • Phalaena (Noctua) arvensis Gmelin, [1790]
  • Noctua carnea Thunberg, 1792
  • Phalaena (Noctua) fragariae Borkhausen, 1792

The Purple Clay (Diarsia brunnea) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to Transcaucasia, the Caucasus, central Asia, Siberia, the Kuriles, Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Korea, Japan, Tibet and China.

The wingspan is 35-38 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on a wide range of herbaceous plants and shrubs, including Rumex species (including Rumex acetosella), Dryopteris filix-mas, Luzula sylvatica, Deschampsia flexuosa, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium uliginosum, Prunus spinosa, Primula, Rubus, Urtica, Salix and Betula.

Subspecies

  • Diarsia brunnea brunnea (Europe, Transcaucasia, Caucasus, central Asia, Siberia)
  • Diarsia brunnea urupina (Kuriles, Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Korea, Japan, Tibet, China)

External links

Stub icon This Noctuinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.