Dysauxes punctata explained

Dysauxes punctata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Russia^[1] and North Africa.^[2]

The wingspan is 20mm22mm. Adults are on wing from May to mid-September in two generations per year.

The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing plants,^[3] including Taraxacum, Senecio, Plantago and Lactuca species.^[4]

External links

• Lepiforum.de

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153513/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446947 Fauna Europaea
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Dysauxes punctata (Fabricius, 1781) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . March 13, 2018.
3. Web site: LOT Moths and Butterflies . 2013-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200517/http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=1357 . 2013-10-29 . dead .
4. http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/DysauPunct.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa