''Panchrysia dives'' is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. It is found from the
Ural, east through southern
Siberia to the
Pacific Ocean. The range includes
Kamchatka,
Sakhalin and the
Kuriles.
The
wingspan is 29–37 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is chestnut brown. The distal area contains several large metallic silvery-white spots. The hindwings are yellow to orange.
There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.
References
Further reading
* Barry Goater, László Ronkay und Michael Fibiger: ''Catocalinae & Plusiinae Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 10.'', Sorø 2003
External links
nic.funet.fiTaxonomy
Lepiforum.de
Moths described in 1844
Moths of Europe
Plusiini
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