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Merveille du Jour

Griposia aprilina

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Noctuidae

Griposia aprilina, also known as the merveille du jour, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, found in Asia and Europe. The species was first described by the Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Technical description and variation Forewing whitish green; lines and markings velvety black, the median shade especially thick; upper stigmata large; all the black markings emphasised by white; hindwing blackish grey; the cellspot, outer line, and submarginal shade darker; a white terminal space before the black marginal line; the ab.

Distribution

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United Kingdom · 1,437Netherlands · 882Germany · 605France · 95Spain · 69Belgium · 26Italy · 26Switzerland · 11Luxembourg · 9