Blepharita amica

Blepharita amica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Blepharita
Species: B. amica
Binomial name
Blepharita amica
(Treitschke, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Hadena amica Treitschke, 1825
  • Blepharita amica ussuriensis Sheljuzhko, 1825

Blepharita amica is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from northern Europe to the Russian plain, the Ural, Siberia (West Siberian plain and South Siberian mountains), the Amur and Primorye regions and Kazakhstan. It has also been recorded from the Korean Peninsula, Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu) and north-eastern China.

The wingspan is 41-47 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of August to the beginning of October.

Larvae have been recorded on Aconitum septentrionale, Heracleum sphondylium, Lactuca sativa, Pastinaca sativa, Taraxacum vulgare, Lupinus polyphyllus and Prunus padus.

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