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