Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Forest edges
- Parks
- Sandy terrain
32-40 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
CatalàArna ratolí 
ČeskyBlýskavka obecná 
DanskBlyantsugle 
DeutschBocksbarteule DeutschDreipunkt-Glanzeule DeutschDreipunkteule 
EnglishMouse Moth 
EspañolMariposa ratón 
FrançaisNoctuelle du Salsifis FrançaisTriponctuée 
LietuviųDvitaškis pelėdgalvis 
MagyarHárompontos zsírosbagoly 
NederlandsBoksbaardvlinder 
NorskGrått pyramidefly 
PolskiOpłonka kozibródka 
SlovenčinaBlyšťavka obyčajná 
SuomeksiLattayökkönen 
SvenskaTreprickigt buskfly 
РусскийСовка козлобородниковая
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Apiaceae Daucus carota Carrot Asteraceae Artemisia campestris Field Wormwood Asteraceae Artemisia vulgaris Common Mugwort Asteraceae Crepis foetida Stinking hawksbeard Asteraceae Prenanthes purpurea Asteraceae Taraxacum Dandelion Asteraceae Tragopogon pratensis Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon Campanulaceae Phyteuma orbiculare Round-headed rampion Fabaceae Melilotus Sweet Clover Geraniaceae Geranium Crane's-bill Onagraceae Epilobium Willowherb Papaveraceae Papaver Plantaginaceae Plantago Plantain Polygonaceae Rumex Sorrel Ranunculaceae Consolida ajacis Doubtful knight's spur Rubiaceae Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw Scrophulariaceae Scrophularia Figwort Scrophulariaceae Verbascum phlomoides Orange mullein
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Amphipyra repressus Grote, 1871
- Subspecies
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Species Author Amphipyra (A.) tragopoginis distincta Rothschild, 1920 Amphipyra (A.) tragopoginis repressus (Grote, 1871) Amphipyra (A.) tragopoginis tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger North American Moth Photographers Group Pacific Northwest Moths Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
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