Dysauxes punctata
| Dysauxes punctata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Dysauxes |
| Species: | D. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Dysauxes punctata (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Dysauxes punctata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Fabricius in 1781. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Russia[1] and North Africa.[2]
The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to mid-September in two generations per year.
The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing plants,[3] including Taraxacum, Senecio, Plantago and Lactuca species.[4]
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