{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Euxoa vitta1.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Euxoa vitta | authority = ([[Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper|Esper]], 1789) | synonyms = *''Phalaena (Noctua) vitta'' <small>Esper, 1789</small> }} '''''Euxoa vitta''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Noctuidae]]. It is found in central and southern [[Europe]]. ==Description== The [[wingspan]] is 32–40 mm. Warren states ''E. vitta'' Esp. (7 b). Distinguished from ''[[Euxoa recussa|recussa]]'', and ''[[Euxoa islandica|islandica]]'' and the forms of ''[[Euxoa tritici|tritici]]'' by the broad vitta, greyish white costal streak; a local species, found only in Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. <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> ==Biology== Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per year.
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110622060829/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=371979 Fauna Europaea]
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[[Category:Euxoa]] [[Category:Moths of Europe]] [[Category:Moths of Asia]] [[Category:Moths described in 1789]]
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