{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = Diegrossschmette03seitz 0057.jpg | image_caption = ''Leucania punctosa'' in Seitz figure 25c | taxon = Leucania punctosa | authority = (Treitschke, 1825) | synonyms = *''Simyra punctosa'' <small>Treitschke, 1825</small> *''Mythimna punctosa'' }} '''''Leucania punctosa''''' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Morocco to Libya, southern Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, the Sinai in Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkmenistan. ==Technical description and variation== {{Entomology glossary hatnote}} ''S. punctosa'' Tr. (25c). Forewing luteous grey; costa paler; a grey brown shade along median vein and outer margin; veins grey: lines finely zigzag, mostly broken up into linear points; a slightly elongated whitish spot at lower angle of cell on a grey cloud; hindwing white. Larva yellowish grey, paler at sides; dorsal line fine, white, black-edged; subdorsal blackish, interrupted, whitish-edged beneath; spiracles brown in a red ring, above a white line.<ref>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 October to November. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various ''Gramineae'' species. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120920194022/http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/455/45514005.pdf Hadeninae of Israel] *[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Leucania_Punctosa Lepiforum.de] {{Taxonbar|from=Q6533951}}
Category:Leucania Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths of Asia Category:Moths of the Middle East Category:Taxa named by Georg Friedrich Treitschke Category:Moths described in 1825
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