Eublemma purpurina

Eublemma purpurina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Eublemma
Species:	E. purpurina
Binomial name
Eublemma purpurina (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua purpurina Schiffermüller], 1775

Eublemma purpurina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from North Africa through the Iberian Peninsula and southern France east to Romania, southern Russia, southern Turkey up to western central Asia. In the north it ranges to Wallis, in eastern Austria and Hungary and the Czech Republic.

The wingspan is 20-26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to September in two generations.

The larvae feed on Cirsium arvense.

External links

• www.lepiforum.de
• Fauna Europaea