Autographa excelsa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Baltic region, southern Finland, the Tatra Mountains, northern European Russia, Siberia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Autographa |
Species: | A. excelsa
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Binomial name | |
Autographa excelsa (Kretschmar, 1862)
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The wingspan is 38–42 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to August.
The larvae feed on Urtica species.
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