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Phragmatiphila nexa

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Phragmatiphila nexa
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P. nexa
Binomial name
Phragmatiphila nexa
(Hübner, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Noctua nexa
  • Nonagria nexa
  • Nonagria insularis
  • Phragmatophila insularis

Phragmatiphila nexa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found locally in Central Europe, north to Denmark, southern Sweden and southern Finland. West, it is found up to north and central France, south to Switzerland, northern Italy, Austria and southern Hungary. Eastward, it is found to Poland, the Baltic states and the European part of the former Soviet Union up to western Siberia. Furthermore, there are isolated populations in central Italy and on Sardinia and Corsica.

The wingspan is 18–30 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September in one generation.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Carex acutiformis, Glyceria maxima and Phragmites australis.