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Species of moth

Phragmatobia placida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Phragmatobia
Species: P. placida
Binomial name
Phragmatobia placida
(Frivaldszky, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Euprepia placida Frivaldszky, 1835

Phragmatobia placida is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Imre Frivaldszky in 1835. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Asia Minor and the Near East.

The wingspan is about 41 mm.

The larvae feed on Plantago and Taraxacum species.

Subspecies

  • Phragmatobia placida placida
  • Phragmatobia placida mirzayansi Dubatolov & Zahiri, 2005
  • Phragmatobia placida unipuncta Amsel, 1935

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Savela, Markku. "Phragmatobia placida (Frivaldszky, 1835)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Phragmatobia placida


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