Euxoa decora

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Euxoa decora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Euxoa
Species:	E. decora
Binomial name
Euxoa decora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua decora Denis & Schiffermüller 1775 Euxoa nivens Hübner, [1821] Euxoa nebulosa Hübner, [1808] Euxoa decora f. nivalis Vorbrodt, 1912 Agrotis decora var. decorata Neuburger, 1904 Euxoa decora f. flavomaculata Schawerda, 1924 Noctua simulatrix Hübner, [1824] Euxoa livida Staudinger, 1901 Agrotis decora var. livida Staudinger, 1901 Agrotis decora f. simplex Turati & Verity, 1911 Euxoa decora f. flavorenalis Bubacek, 1924 Euxoa decora var. albidecora Sohn-Rethel, 1929

Euxoa decora is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, Morocco, Algeria, the Caucasus, Armenia, Issyk-Kul, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

It has a typical wingspan of 38–41 mm. Warren states E. decora Schiff. ( nebulosa Hbn., marcens Chr.) (6d). Forewing dull ashgrey, sometimes with a brownish or ochreous tinge; lines dark, often obscure; stigmata pale, sometimes ochreous; claviform, when present , yellowish ; hindwing dull fuscous , with the base paler in male. Common on the Mountains of Central Europe and in Armenia; — in ab. livida Stgr. (6d) the ground colour is dark purplish grey and the stigmata well-defined; the orbicular round and sometimes filled up with ochreous. ^[1]

• Euxoa decora decora (eastern part of the Alps and adjacent regions in the east, northern Italy)
• Euxoa decora simulatrix (western Alps, Pyrenees)
• Euxoa decora splendida (Italy (Abruzzi))
• Euxoa decora macedonica (southern Yugoslasvia, north-western and southern Greece)
• Euxoa decora olympica (central Greece (Olympus and Grammos Mountains))
• Euxoa decora hackeri (northern Greece (Mount Phalakron))

Each generation of adults are on wing from July to September, and larvae feed on a wide range of low growing plants, including Anthyllis vulneraria.

• Fauna Europaea
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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