Tyta luctuosa

Four Spotted Moth - Tyta luctuosa

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Aediinae
Genus: Tyta
Species: T. luctuosa
Common Name: Four Spotted Moth.
Flight Period: May - August.

 

Common name: Four Spotted Moth.
Wingspan: 22-25 mm.
Flight Period: May - August.
Food plant: Convolvulus arvensis.

Used as a biological control for its food plant Field Bindweed. Tyta luctuosa is the only member of the genus Tyta.

 

 

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