Periphanes delphinii

Periphanes delphinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Periphanes
Species: P. delphinii
Binomial name
Periphanes delphinii
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Pease Blossom (Periphanes delphinii) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It can be found from Afghanistan and the steppe areas of Central Asia and Anatolia up to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea and north-western Africa.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5

The wingspan is 30–36 mm. The moths fly from May to June.

The larvae primarily feed on Delphinium consolida and Aconitum napellus.

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