Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)


Austria, Wien
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
Šípověnka pryšcová
Wolfsmilch-Rindeneule
Wolfsmilcheule
Ähmane noolöölane
Sweet Gale Moth
Noctuelle de l'Euphorbe
Karpažolinis strėlinukas
Kutyatej-szigonyosbagoly
Wolfsmelkuil
Blågrått kveldfly
Wieczernica wilczomleczówka
Mramorovka mliečniková
Kangasiltayökkönen
Blågrått aftonfly
Стрельчатка молочайная
Стрільниця молочайна

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
AsteraceaeAchillea millefoliumCommon Yarrow
BetulaceaeBetulaBirch
CistaceaeCistus halimifolius
Tuberaria
CrassulaceaeSedumStonecrop
EricaceaeVaccinium myrtillusBilberry
EuphorbiaceaeEuphorbia cyparissiasCypress Spurge
FabaceaeCytisus scopariusCommon Broom
OnonisRestharrow
PlumbaginaceaeLimoniastrum monopetalum
PolygonaceaeRumexSorrel
RosaceaeRubusBramble

Known subspecies

SpeciesAuthorLocus typicus
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae acerbataSchawerda, 1931France, Corsica
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae andalusicaSchawerda, 1934Spain, Andalusia
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae apenninaDraudt, 1931Italy, Abbruzo
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae euphorbiaeDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775Austria, Wien
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae euphrasiaeBrahm, 1791
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae farinosaBytinski-Salz, 1934Italy, Sardinia
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae garbowskiiWojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1946
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae korlanaDraudt, 1931China, Xinjiang
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae montivagaGuenée, 1852France, Chamouny
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae myricaeGuenée, 1852
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