# Euxoa decora

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Species of moth

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Euxoa decora Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Noctuidae Genus: Euxoa Species: E. decora Binomial name Euxoa decora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Synonyms Noctua decora Denis & Schiffermüller 1775 Euxoa nivens Hübner, [1821] Euxoa nebulosa Hübner, [1808] Euxoa decora f. nivalis Vorbrodt, 1912 Agrotis decora var. decorata Neuburger, 1904 Euxoa decora f. flavomaculata Schawerda, 1924 Noctua simulatrix Hübner, [1824] Euxoa livida Staudinger, 1901 Agrotis decora var. livida Staudinger, 1901 Agrotis decora f. simplex Turati & Verity, 1911 Euxoa decora f. flavorenalis Bubacek, 1924 Euxoa decora var. albidecora Sohn-Rethel, 1929

***Euxoa decora*** is a [moth](/source/Moth) of the family [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae). It is found in southern and central [Europe](/source/Europe), [Morocco](/source/Morocco), [Algeria](/source/Algeria), the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus), [Armenia](/source/Armenia), Issyk-Kul, [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Iran](/source/Iran) and [Iraq](/source/Iraq).

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## Description

It has a typical [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) of 38–41 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. [1]

## 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](/source/Anthyllis_vulneraria)*.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Warren, W.](/source/William_Warren_(entomologist)) 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain).

## External links

- [Fauna Europaea](https://web.archive.org/web/20110622053147/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=372024)

- [Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa](http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/EuxoaDecor.htm)

Taxon identifiers Euxoa decora Wikidata: Q751729 BioLib: 54588 BOLD: 209628 EoL: 446628 Fauna Europaea: 448595 Fauna Europaea (new): 141316fc-c6e4-4074-9cc1-ec432b637880 GBIF: 1773062 iNaturalist: 716374 IRMNG: 10307204 LepIndex: 249472 MaBENA: EuxoaDecor NCBI: 987937 Observation.org: 156544

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