# Euxoa recussa

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Species of moth

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Euxoa recussa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Noctuidae Genus: Euxoa Species: E. recussa Binomial name Euxoa recussa Hübner, 1817 Synonyms Agrotis recussa Agrotis telifera Agrotis transylvanica Agrotis tetrastigma Agrotis florigera Noctua recussa

***Euxoa recussa*** is a [moth](/source/Moth) of the family [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae). The nominate form is found in mountainous areas in Southern [Europe](/source/Europe) as well as the [Alps](/source/Alps). *Euxoa recussa tetrastigma* is found Northern [Europe](/source/Europe), east to [Russia](/source/Russia), Western [Siberia](/source/Siberia), the [Altai Mountains](/source/Altai_Mountains) and [Amur](/source/Amur_Oblast).

## Description

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is 32–40 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.[1]

## Subspecies

- *Euxoa recussa recussa*

- *Euxoa recussa tetrastigma*

## Biology

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

The [larvae](/source/Larva) feed on various herbaceous plants and grasses.

## 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

- [www.lepiforum.de](http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Euxoa_Recussa)

- [www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de](http://www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de/ergebniseinzel.php?ko1=&fw1=654&kr1=&name1=&deutsch1=) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111005152712/http://www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de/ergebniseinzel.php?ko1=&fw1=654&kr1=&name1=&deutsch1=) 2011-10-05 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Fauna Europaea](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604044822/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=298550)

Taxon identifiers Euxoa recussa Wikidata: Q820277 BioLib: 54581 BOLD: 179175 EoL: 447903 Fauna Europaea: 448603 Fauna Europaea (new): 87fe3fad-9c63-4356-9438-e5678c0dd527 GBIF: 1773328 iNaturalist: 495642 IRMNG: 11149652 LepIndex: 249797 MaBENA: EuxoaRecus NCBI: 987940 Observation.org: 156546 Open Tree of Life: 160255

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