| Heliothis viriplaca | (Hufnagel, 1766) |
TL: Germany, Berlin
Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Glades
Similar species
25-32 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyČernopáska štětková 
DanskCikorieugle 
DeutschKarden-Sonneneule DeutschKardeneule 
Eesti keelLutserniöölane 
EnglishMarbled Clover 
FrançaisNoctuelle de la Cardère 
LietuviųLiucerninis saulinukas 
MagyarMácsonyabagoly 
NederlandsLichte daguil 
NorskGrønnfagerfly 
PolskiSłonecznica szczeciówka 
SlovenčinaSivkavec štetkový 
SuomeksiVihervaeullusyökkönen 
SvenskaKardvaddsknolfly 
РусскийЛюцерновая совка РусскийСовка люцерновая 
ЎзбекчаBedatoʻplami 
УкраїнськаСовка люцернова 
ҚазақшаБеде қоңыр көбелегі
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Artemisia campestris Field Wormwood Asteraceae Artemisia vulgaris Common Mugwort Asteraceae Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed Asteraceae Centaurea stoebe Asteraceae Cichorium Chicory Asteraceae Crepis Hawk's-beard Asteraceae Picris hieracioides Hawkweed Oxtongue Asteraceae Pilosella officinarum Mouse-ear hawkweed Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale Common Dandelion Caryophyllaceae Dianthus carthusianorum Carthusian pink Caryophyllaceae Silene latifolia White campion Caryophyllaceae Silene nutans Nottingham Catchfly Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia cyparissias Cypress Spurge Fabaceae Cytisus scoparius Common Broom Fabaceae Medicago sativa Alfalfa Fabaceae Melilotus Sweet Clover Fabaceae Ononis natrix Yellow restharrow Fabaceae Ononis spinosa Spiny Restharrow Fabaceae Securigera varia Crown Vetch Fabaceae Trifolium Clover Lamiaceae Teucrium botrys Cut-leaved Germander Malvaceae Malva alcea Greater Musk-mallow Plantaginaceae Linaria Toadflax Ranunculaceae Consolida regalis Forking Larkspur Rosaceae Sanguisorba minor Salad Burnet Scrophulariaceae Odontites luteus
- Subspecies
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Species Author Heliothis (Heliothis) viriplaca canariensis Warren, 1909 Heliothis (Heliothis) viriplaca salamantina (Fernandez, 1928) Heliothis (Heliothis) viriplaca viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Afro Moths Jurate De Prins. Willy De Prins Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
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