TL: Austria, Wien (2500 m.)
The females are slightly larger than the males and have darker hindwings. Forewings are grey dusted with darker; orbicular stigma is close beyond inner line; hindwings are white in male, fuscous in female with pale cilia. The ab. montivaga Guen. is a mountain form, with darker, bluer grey forewings, occurring in the Alps and in Norway. The ab. myricae Guen., occurring in the Scotch and Irish mountains, is still darker, with narrower, more pointed forewings, but not smaller as Staudinger states. The ab. euphrasiae Brahm, which appears to be the commoner form in France and S. W. Europe, is paler than the type and more luteous; Lastly, the ab. esulae Hbn. is a quite, small form, with the markings obscured.
Habitat
- Heathlands, moorlands
- Xerophilous hillsides
- Xerophilous steppes
32-38 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyŠípověnka pryšcová 
DeutschWolfsmilch-Rindeneule DeutschWolfsmilcheule 
Eesti keelÄhmane noolöölane 
EnglishSweet Gale Moth 
FrançaisNoctuelle de l'Euphorbe 
LietuviųKarpažolinis strėlinukas 
MagyarKutyatej-szigonyosbagoly 
NederlandsWolfsmelkuil 
NorskBlågrått kveldfly 
PolskiWieczernica wilczomleczówka 
SlovenčinaMramorovka mliečniková 
SuomeksiKangasiltayökkönen 
SvenskaBlågrått aftonfly 
РусскийСтрельчатка молочайная 
УкраїнськаСтрільниця молочайна
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Betulaceae Betula Birch Cistaceae Cistus halimifolius Cistaceae Tuberaria Crassulaceae Sedum Stonecrop Ericaceae Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia cyparissias Cypress Spurge Fabaceae Cytisus scoparius Common Broom Fabaceae Ononis Restharrow Plumbaginaceae Limoniastrum monopetalum Polygonaceae Rumex Sorrel Rosaceae Rubus Bramble
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Noctua euphorbiae Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Noctua cyparissiae Hübner, 1813 Noctua esulae Hübner, 1813
- Subspecies
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Species Author Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae acerbata (Schawerda, 1931) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae andalusica (Schawerda, 1934) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae apennina (Draudt, 1931) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae euphorbiae (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae euphrasiae (Brahm, 1791) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae farinosa (Bytinski-Salz, 1934) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae garbowskii Wojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1946 Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae korlana (Draudt, 1931) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae montivaga (Guenée, 1852) Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae myricae (Guenée, 1852)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner 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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