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Eugnorisma depuncta (Plain Clay)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Plain Clay (Eugnorisma depuncta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, west to England, north to Scotland and Fennoscandia, south to Southern France, Italy, Sicily and Greece, east up to the Caucasus. It is not present in Northern France, the Benelux and parts of western Germany. The wingspan is 34–44 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on Pulmonaria mollis, Lamium, Vaccinium myrtillus and Urtica dioica.
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Prey / Diet

Primula veris (cowslip primrose)[1]
Rumex acetosa (garden sorrel)[1]
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel)[1]
Urtica dioica (California nettle)[1]

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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