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Tyta luctuosa

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Tyta luctuosa

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Also known as Four-spotted moth

Tyta is a genus of noctuid ("owlet") moths that was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Tyta luctuosa, commonly known as four-spotted moth and field bindweed moth. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyErebidae
Observations recorded37,546

Tyta luctuosa (лат.) — вид бабочек из семейства Erebidae. Вид встречается в большей части Европы, Азии и в Северной Африке. Взрослая бабочка достигает в длину 11 мм, тёмно-коричневой окраски с одним большим белым пятном на каждом крыле. Размах крыльев 22—26 мм. В год появляется два поколения, в тёплых регионах может быть и третье поколение. Самка откладывает 400—500 яиц. Гусеница коричневого цвета. Питается зелёными листьями и цветами полевых трав. Завезён в США для борьбы с инвазионным вьюнком полевым (Convolvulus arvensis).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
604
With media
1,061
Family
Noctuidae
Collections
DBG, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CSU, USNM
Recorded in
United States, Italy

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Encyclopedic overview

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Tyta is a genus of noctuid ("owlet") moths that was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Tyta luctuosa, commonly known as four-spotted moth and field bindweed moth. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

This moth is native to much of the Palearctic - most of Europe east to the Caucasus, Kazakhstan and from Siberia to China and south to North Africa. The adult moth is about eleven millimeters long and dark brown with one large white spot on each of its four wings.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyta luctuosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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