Dysauxes punctata

Dysauxes punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Dysauxes
Species: D. punctata
Binomial name
Dysauxes punctata
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx punctata Fabricius, 1781
  • Dysauxes punctata Fabricius, 1781
  • Dysauxes punctata var. sketschana Buresch, 1915
  • Bombyx serva Hübner, 1802-1808
  • Bombyx ochrea Millière, 1875
  • Naclia punctata var. ochrea Millière, 1875

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

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. 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]

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