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Cosmia diffinis (White-spotted Pinion)

Synonyms: Calymnia diffinis; Cosmia affinis (heterotypic); Cosmia pallescens; Orthosia diffinis; Phalaena diffinis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Prey / Diet

Ulmus glabra (Wych elm)[1]
Ulmus procera (English elm)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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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
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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