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White-speck Moth

Mythimna unipuncta

Description:

The wingspan is 41–48 mm. The length of the forewings varies from 18 to 21 mm. The White-Speck is a migrant species, recorded in most months, but most frequent between August and October. The larva feeds on various grasses

Habitat:

The White-Speck (Mythimna unipuncta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found North America, the Hawaiian Islands, in some areas of South America, southern Europe, North Africa, the Sahel region of Africa, Central Asia and Bangladesh to the East and East Africa.

Notes:

beautifull slitly golden moth,spoted in a handycraft shop in oporto city,in a granite wall,during the day,she was a kind off blind,but completly quit

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2 Comments

Thanks J for onre more ID

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful! This could be Leucanella genus, closely related to http://bugguide.net/node/view/10901/bgim...

Porto, Portugal

Spotted on Dec 1, 2011
Submitted on Dec 1, 2011

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