Valeria oleagina
| Valeria oleagina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Valeria |
| Species: | V. oleagina |
| Binomial name | |
| Valeria oleagina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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The Green-brindled Dot (Valeria oleagina) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Southern Europe and Western Asia, east up to Iran and Ukraine. In Germany it is found up to the Eifel and Ahr.
The wingspan is 34–38 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April depending on the location.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Prunus spinosa north of the Alps. In the South they feed on Prunus and Crataegus species.
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