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Oligia strigilis (Marbled Minor)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The marbled minor (Oligia strigilis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.then East through the Palearctic to Central Asia, and the Altai Mountains. It rises to heights of over 1500 meters in the Alps. This is a rather small species (wingspan 24–29 mm), the forewings usually being dark brown with a pale subterminal band, the hindwings pale brown. Melanic forms are often encountered, especially in industrial areas.
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Prey / Diet

Dactylis glomerata (orchardgrass)[1]
Elymus repens (quackgrass)[1]
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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