Eucarta virgo, the silvery gem, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1835. It can be found in south, southeast and central Europe.[1][2]
| Eucarta virgo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Eucarta |
| Species: | E. virgo |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucarta virgo (Treitschke, 1835) | |
The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris, Artemisia campestris and Tanacetum vulgare.[4]
References
External links
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e. V.
- Bernd Schacht's Noctuidae.de