{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Expand German|topic=scitech|Euxoa recussa|ga=yes|date=November 2022}} {{Speciesbox | image = Euxoa recussa.jpg | taxon = Euxoa recussa | authority = [[Jacob Hübner|Hübner]], 1817 | synonyms = *''Agrotis recussa'' *''Agrotis telifera'' *''Agrotis transylvanica'' *''Agrotis tetrastigma'' *''Agrotis florigera'' *''Noctua recussa'' }}

'''''Euxoa recussa''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Noctuidae]]. The nominate form is found in mountainous areas in Southern [[Europe]] as well as the [[Alps]]. ''Euxoa recussa tetrastigma'' is found Northern [[Europe]], east to [[Russia]], Western [[Siberia]], the [[Altai Mountains]] and [[Amur Oblast|Amur]].

==Description== The [[wingspan]] is 32–40&nbsp;mm. Warren states ''E. recussa'' Hbn. (= ''telifera'' Donz., ''florigera'' Ev., ''transylvanica'' H-Sch.) (6 k). Forewing purplish-grey with redbrown suffusion; claviform stigma large, blackish; orbicular and reniform brown with grey annuli; the cell black; no black streak below cell; hindwing luteous grey with the termen dark. Generally distributed in Europe, also found in Turkestan and Siberia.<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 recussa recussa'' *''Euxoa recussa tetrastigma''

==Biology== This moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The [[larva]]e feed on various herbaceous plants and grasses.

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==External links== * [http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Euxoa_Recussa www.lepiforum.de] * [http://www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de/ergebniseinzel.php?ko1=&fw1=654&kr1=&name1=&deutsch1= www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005152712/http://www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de/ergebniseinzel.php?ko1=&fw1=654&kr1=&name1=&deutsch1= |date=2011-10-05 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604044822/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=298550 Fauna Europaea]

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[[Category:Euxoa]] [[Category:Moths of Europe]] [[Category:Moths of Asia]] [[Category:Moths described in 1817]] [[Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner]]

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