Cereal metalfish [1] ( lat. Plusia festucae ) is a butterfly from the family Scoop ( Noctuidae ).
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| Plusia festucae ( Linnaeus , 1758) |
Wingspan 34–46 mm. Fore wings brown, with uneven deposition of golden scales; in the center are two golden, often touching spots; at the apex there are a number of elongated spots of the same color, the length of which significantly exceeds the width.
Caterpillars live on various cereals and sedges .
Eurasian polyzonal view. It is quite common in both the steppe and forest areas, from June to September, in two generations.
Notes
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 257. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .