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True Lover's Knot

Lycophotia porphyrea

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Noctuidae

The true lover's knot (Lycophotia porphyrea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the west Palearctic in a wide band through northern, central and eastern Europe and Russia (up to the Ural Mountains).

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 3,469United Kingdom · 1,153Germany · 1,029Switzerland · 123Spain · 114France · 93Belgium · 38Italy · 31Luxembourg · 1