Euxoa recussa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The nominate form is found in mountainous areas in Southern Europe as well as the Alps. Euxoa recussa tetrastigma is found Northern Europe, east to Russia, Western Siberia, the Altai Mountains and Amur.
Description The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Warren states E. recussa Hbn. (= telifera Donz., florigera Ev., transylvanica H-Sch.) (6 k). Forewing purplish-grey with redbrown suffusion; claviform stigma large, blackish; orbicular and reniform brown with grey annuli; the cell black; no black streak below cell; hindwing luteous grey with the termen dark. Generally distributed in Europe, also found in Turkestan and Siberia.Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
Subspecies Euxoa recussa recussa Euxoa recussa tetrastigma
Biology This moth flies from July to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants and grasses.
References
External links www.lepiforum.de www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de Fauna Europaea