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Macdunnoughia confusa (Dewick’s Plusia)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Macdunnoughia confusa (Dewick’s plusia) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Europe through Siberia to Japan. It is also present in Lebanon and Israel. The wingspan is 30–38 mm. The length of the forewings is 12–17 mm. The moth flies in three generations from April to October . The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants such as Lamium, nettle, Artemisia absinthium and chamomile.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Monti Nebrodi 173651 Italy  
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast 266284 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Althaea officinalis (common marsh-mallow)[1]
Matricaria chamomilla (German chamomile)[2]
Tripleurospermum maritimum (sea mayweed)[2]
Ursinia odorata (Roman Camomile)[2]
Urtica dioica (California nettle)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

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
♦ 2Biological 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