Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae > Cosmia > Cosmia diffinisCosmia diffinis (White-spotted Pinion)Synonyms: Calymnia diffinis; Cosmia affinis (heterotypic); Cosmia pallescens; Orthosia diffinis; Phalaena diffinis (homotypic) The White-spotted Pinion (Cosmia diffinis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in central and southern Europe, north it is found up to central England and the southern parts of The Netherlands. There is a disjunct population in Gotland. South, it is found up to Spain, Italy, Russia, northern Greece and Bulgaria. East, it is found up to Lithuania and the Black Sea. The wingspan is 29–35 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation. The larvae feed on Ulmus species. |
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Species |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Chesil and the Fleet |
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4032 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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River Camel |
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1535 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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