Noctua tirrenica
Species of moth
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Noctua tirrenica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by A. D. Biebinger, Wolfgang Speidel and H. Hanigk in 1983. It is found in southern Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula and France to southern Russia.
| Noctua tirrenica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Noctua |
| Species: | N. tirrenica |
| Binomial name | |
| Noctua tirrenica | |
The wingspan is 46–56 mm. Adults are on the wing from June to October in one generation per year.
The larvae are polyphagous on various herbaceous plants.[2]
