Autographa excelsa (original) (raw)
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Species of moth
| Autographa excelsa | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Autographa |
| Species: | A. excelsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Autographa excelsa(Kretschmar, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Plusia excelsa Kretschmar, 1862 Plusia metabractea Butler, 1881 Phytometra parabractea Hampson, 1913 |
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.
The wingspan is 38–42 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to August.
The larvae feed on Urtica species.