Dysauxes ancilla
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Dysauxes |
| Species: | D. ancilla |
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| Dysauxes ancilla (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Dysauxes ancilla (the handmaid) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe, through Turkey and Armenia, over the Ural mountains and up to the Caucasus.
The wingspan is 22–25 mm.
The larvae primarily feed on Taraxacum, Senecio, Plantago and Lactuca species.
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