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Dot Moth

Melanchra persicariae

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Noctuidae

The dot moth (Melanchra persicariae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is a very distinctive species with very dark brown, almost black, forewings marked with a large white stigma from which the species gets its common name.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 551Germany · 322United Kingdom · 234Switzerland · 184Spain · 77France · 47Italy · 24Belgium · 21Luxembourg · 15