Purple marbled | |
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Mounted | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Eublemma |
Species: | E. ostrina
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Binomial name | |
Eublemma ostrina (Hübner, 1808)
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Eublemma ostrina, the purple marbled, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808.[1] It is mainly found in central and southern Europe,[2] and further east, but is also a scarce migrant in the United Kingdom, where it is mainly found along the south coast.[3]