Diarsia dahlii

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Diarsia dahlii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diarsia
Species: D. dahlii
Binomial name
Diarsia dahlii
Hübner, 1813
Synonyms
  • Noctua dahlii Hübner, 1813

The Barred Chestnut (Diarsia dahlii) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Europe, through northern Asia up to the Kamchatka Peninsula.

The wingspan is 28–40 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Betula, Vaccinium myrtillus, Rumex and Plantago.[1]

Subspecies

  • Diarsia dahlii dahlii (central and northern Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan)
  • Diarsia dahlii nana (central Siberia to eastern Siberia, Northern China, Mongolia)
  • Diarsia dahlii tibetica (southern China, Tibet)

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