Dysauxes ancilla

Dysauxes ancilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Dysauxes
Species:	D. ancilla
Binomial name
	Dysauxes ancilla; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Phalaena Noctua ancilla Linnaeus, 1767; Bombyx obscura Fabricius, 1781; Phalaena lemopicta Fourcroy, 1785; Phalaena fuscoptera Fourcroy, 1785; Dysauxes ancilla race abundans Dannehl, 1933; Naclia Modesta Krulikowsky, 1895;

Dysauxes ancilla (the handmaid) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe, through Turkey and Armenia, over the Ural mountains and up to the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm.

The larvae primarily feed on Taraxacum, Senecio, Plantago and Lactuca species.

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