Essex y | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Cornutiplusia |
Species: | C. circumflexa
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Binomial name | |
Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Synonyms | |
Phalaena Noctua circumflexa Linnaeus, 1767[1] Noctua circumflexa (Linnaeus)[1] Plusia circumflexa (Linnaeus)[1] Autographa circumflexa (Linnaeus)[1]
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Cornutiplusia circumflexa, the Essex y, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Italy to Greece, southeastern Europe, southwestern Russia, the southern parts of the Ural, Africa, Canary Islands, Arabia, southwestern Asia, Ceylon, from India to Nepal, southeastern China and Japan.