{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Expand German|topic=scitech|Hellgraue Erdeule|ga=yes|date=November 2022}} {{Speciesbox | image = Euxoa_decora.01.jpg | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Euxoa decora | authority = (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | synonyms = *''Noctua decora'' <small>Denis & Schiffermüller 1775</small> *''Euxoa nivens'' <small>Hübner, [1821] </small> *''Euxoa nebulosa'' <small>Hübner, [1808] </small> *''Euxoa decora f. nivalis'' <small>Vorbrodt, 1912 </small> *''Agrotis decora var. decorata'' <small>Neuburger, 1904</small> *''Euxoa decora f. flavomaculata'' <small>Schawerda, 1924 </small> *''Noctua simulatrix'' <small>Hübner, [1824] </small> *''Euxoa livida'' <small>Staudinger, 1901</small> *''Agrotis decora var. livida'' <small>Staudinger, 1901</small> *''Agrotis decora f. simplex'' <small>Turati & Verity, 1911</small> *''Euxoa decora f. flavorenalis'' <small>Bubacek, 1924</small> *''Euxoa decora var. albidecora'' <small>Sohn-Rethel, 1929</small> }}

'''''Euxoa decora''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Noctuidae]]. It is found in southern and central [[Europe]], [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Armenia]], Issyk-Kul, [[Turkey]], [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]]. [[Image:Euxoa decora.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Illustration]]

==Description== It has a typical [[wingspan]] of 38–41&nbsp;mm. Warren states ''E. decora'' Schiff. ( ''nebulosa'' Hbn., ''marcens'' Chr.) (6d). Forewing dull ashgrey, sometimes with a brownish or ochreous tinge; lines dark, often obscure; stigmata pale, sometimes ochreous; claviform, when present, yellowish; hindwing dull fuscous, with the base paler in male. Common on the Mountains of Central Europe and in Armenia; — in ab. ''livida'' Stgr. (6d) the ground colour is dark purplish grey and the stigmata well-defined; the orbicular round and sometimes filled up with ochreous. <ref>[[William Warren (entomologist)|Warren, W.]] in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==Subspecies== *''Euxoa decora decora'' (eastern part of the Alps and adjacent regions in the east, northern Italy) *''Euxoa decora simulatrix'' (western Alps, Pyrenees) *''Euxoa decora splendida'' (Italy (Abruzzi)) *''Euxoa decora macedonica'' (southern Yugoslasvia, north-western and southern Greece) *''Euxoa decora olympica'' (central Greece (Olympus and Grammos Mountains)) *''Euxoa decora hackeri'' (northern Greece (Mount Phalakron))

==Biology== Each generation of adults are on wing from July to September, and larvae feed on a wide range of low growing plants, including ''[[Anthyllis vulneraria]]''.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110622053147/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=372024 Fauna Europaea] *[http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/EuxoaDecor.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa]

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[[Category:Euxoa]] [[Category:Moths of Europe]] [[Category:Moths described in 1775]]

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