Euxoa decora

Euxoa decora is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, Morocco, Algeria, the Caucasus, Armenia, Issyk-Kul, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

Description
It has a typical wingspan of 38–41 mm. Warren states E. decora Schiff. ( nebulosa Hbn., marcens Chr.) (6d). Forewing dull ashgrey, sometimes with a brownish or ochreous tinge; lines dark, often obscure; stigmata pale, sometimes ochreous; claviform, when present, yellowish ; hindwing dull fuscous , with the base paler in male. Common on the Mountains of Central Europe and in Armenia; — in ab. livida Stgr. (6d) the ground colour is dark purplish grey and the stigmata well-defined; the orbicular round and sometimes filled up with ochreous.

Subspecies

 * Euxoa decora decora (eastern part of the Alps and adjacent regions in the east, northern Italy)
 * Euxoa decora simulatrix (western Alps, Pyrenees)
 * Euxoa decora splendida (Italy (Abruzzi))
 * Euxoa decora macedonica (southern Yugoslasvia, north-western and southern Greece)
 * Euxoa decora olympica (central Greece (Olympus and Grammos Mountains))
 * Euxoa decora hackeri (northern Greece (Mount Phalakron))

Biology
Each generation of adults are on wing from July to September, and larvae feed on a wide range of low growing plants, including Anthyllis vulneraria.