Phragmatobia placida

Phragmatobia placida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Phragmatobia
Species: P. placida
Binomial name
Phragmatobia placida
(Frivaldszky, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Euprepia placida Frivaldszky, 1835

Phragmatobia placida is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Frivaldszky in 1835. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine,[1] Asia Minor and the Near East.[2]

The wingspan is about 41 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Plantago and Taraxacum species.

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