Ulochlaena hirta Hübner, 1813 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ulochlaena hirta Hübner, 1813

Ulochlaena hirta Hübner, 1813

Ulochlaena hirta is a sexually dimorphic Noctuidae moth species described by Hübner in 1813, found across parts of Europe and West/Central Asia.

Family
Genus
Ulochlaena
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ulochlaena hirta Hübner, 1813

Ulochlaena hirta is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. This species is distributed across southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region, extending eastward through Turkey, Iran, and the Kopet Dag mountains to the southern Urals. Adults of Ulochlaena hirta are sexually dimorphic. Males have a wingspan ranging from 21 to 35 millimeters, while females have reduced wings. Adults of this species have one generation per year, and are active in flight from mid-October through the end of December.

Photo: (c) Andrey Ponomarev, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrey Ponomarev · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Ulochlaena

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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