The Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe apart from the south-east. Jump to: navigation, search Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Jump to: navigation, search Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Jump to: navigation, search Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Jump to: navigation, search Classes & Orders Subclass: Apterygota Orders Archaeognatha (Bristletails) Thysanura (Silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass: Pterygota Orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Infraclass: Neoptera Orders Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (walking... Jump to: navigation, search Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae... Type species Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) Diversity 4,200 genera 35,000 species Subfamilies Acontiinae Acronictinae Aganainae Agaristinae Amphipyrinae Amphipyrinae Bagisarinae Bryophilinae Calpinae Catocalinae Cocytiinae Condicinae Cuculliinae Dilobinae Eucocytiinae Eustrotiinae Euteliinae Glottulinae Hadeninae Heliothinae Herminiinae Hypeninae Noctuinae Plusiinae Psaphidinae Raphiinae Stictopterinae Stiriinae Strepsimaninae Ufeinae The Noctuidae are a family... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Jump to: navigation, search Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné â–¶(?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly. ... Type species Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) Diversity 4,200 genera 35,000 species Subfamilies Acontiinae Acronictinae Aganainae Agaristinae Amphipyrinae Amphipyrinae Bagisarinae Bryophilinae Calpinae Catocalinae Cocytiinae Condicinae Cuculliinae Dilobinae Eucocytiinae Eustrotiinae Euteliinae Glottulinae Hadeninae Heliothinae Herminiinae Hypeninae Noctuinae Plusiinae Psaphidinae Raphiinae Stictopterinae Stiriinae Strepsimaninae Ufeinae The Noctuidae are a family... World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ...

This is a very distinctive species with very dark brown, almost black, forewings marked with a large white stigma from which the species gets its common name. The hindwings are grey with a dark band at the termen. The wingspan is 38-50 mm. It flies at night in July and August ^[1] and is attracted to light, sugar and flowers. Look up stigma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive structure of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ...

The larva is rather variable in colour, being green, brown or even purplish. It is marked with lighter diagonal markings and has a distinctive hump at the rear end. It is polyphagous, feeding on a wide variety of plants (see list below). The species overwinters as a pupa. Jump to: navigation, search A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Phagy or phagia is an ecological or behavioral term that is used to identify particular nutritional systems or feeding behaviors. ... Jump to: navigation, search Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary in Georgetown, South Carolina Pupation of Aglais urticae A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. ...

1. ^  The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

Recorded food plants

• Aconitum
• Actaea
• Aegopodium - Ground-elder
• Alnus - Grey Alder
• Aquilegia - Columbine
• Betula - Silver Birch
• Calluna - Heather
• Campanula
• Cirsium - Creeping Thistle
• Delphinium
• Hieracium - Hawkweed
• Impatiens - Touch-me-not Balsam
• Larix - Larch
• Lupinus - Lupin
• Lysimachia - Yellow Loosestrife
• Petunia
• Phlox
• Polygonum
• Prunus - Bird Cherry
• Pteridium - Bracken
• Quercus - Holm oak
• Ribes - Currant
• Rubus - Raspberry
• Rudbeckia
• Salix - Willow
• Sambucus - Elder
• Solidago - Goldenrod
• Sorbus - Rowan
• Spinacia - Spinach
• Tagetes
• Tropaeolum - Nasturtium
• Urtica - Nettle
• Vaccinium - Bilberry

Species See text Aconitum is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family ( Ranunculaceae). ... Species Actea alba - Dolls-eyes, White baneberry, White cohosh Actea rubra - Red baneberry Actea spicata - Herb christopher, Eurasian baneberry Actea x ludovici - Actea Actaea is a genus of plants belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. ... Ground-elder Categories: Plant stubs | Apiaceae ... Binomial name Alnus incana The grey alder is primarily a tree of northern Europe. ... For other things of this name, see Columbine (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Betula pendula Roth. ... Heather may be: In botany, the plant Calluna vulgaris, or, more loosely, various species of the closely related genera Erica and Cassiope, low evergreen shrubs (also called heaths). The term is also used to describe land which is vegetated with these plants; In apparel or textiles, interwoven yarns with a... Species See text Campanula is one of two genera of bell-flowers in the family Campanulaceae, the other being Campanulastrum. ... Species About 250 species, including: Delphinium altissimum Delphinium andersonii Delphinium barbeyi Delphinium bakeri Delphinium bicolor Delphinium brunonianum Delphinium bulleyanum Delphinium caeruleum Delphinium californicum Delphinium cardinale Delphinium carolinianum Delphinium cashmerianum Delphinium cheilanthum Delphinium consolida Delphinium corymbosum Delphinium decorum Delphinium delavayi Delphinium denudatum Delphinium depauperatum Delphinium dictyocarpum Delphinium duhmbergii Delphinium elatum Delphinium... Genera Hieracium Pilosella Hawkweed refers to any species in the very large genus Hieracium and its segregate genus Pilosella, in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). ... Species Impatiens balsamina - Rose balsam Impatiens capensis - Spotted jewelweed Impatiens glandulifera - Himalayan Balsam Impatiens malabarica Impatiens niamniamensis Impatiens nolitangere - Touch-me-not balsam Impatiens pallida - Pale jewelweed Impatiens parviflora - Small balsam Impatiens repens Impatiens walleriana - Busy Lizzie Impatiens is a genus of about 800-900 species of flowering plants in... Species About 12; see text Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. ... For other uses of the word see: Lupin (disambiguation) Species over 150 recognised species, including: Lupinus albus Lupinus angustifolius Lupinus arboreus Lupinus luteus Lupinus mutabilis Lupinus nootkatensis Lupinus polyphyllus Lupinus x regalis Lupinus texensis Lupin, often spelled lupine in the US, is the common name for members of the genus... For a place with this name, see Lysimachia (Aetolia), Greece Lysimachia Categories: Plant stubs ... Purple Petunias Petunia is a widely-cultivated genus of flowering plants, in the Solanaceae family. ... Jump to: navigation, search Also, Their is a guy using the nickname PhloX: irc. ... Species see text Polygonum cuspidatum fall foliage Polygonum, or knotweed, is a genus in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. ... Binomial name Prunus padus The Bird Cherry Prunus padus is a species of cherry, native to northern Europe and northern Asia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Species Pteridium aquilinum Pteridium caudatum Pteridium latiusculum and about 7-8 other species Brackens (Pteridium) are a genus of about ten species of large, coarse ferns, in the family Hypolepidaceae. ... Binomial name Quercus ilex L. The Holm Oak Quercus ilex L., also called Holly oak or Evergreen Oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. ... Species Syme whitecurrant L. redcurrant L. blackcurrant L. Eurasian gooseberry North American gooseberry Flowering currant Northern red currant Miccosukee Gooseberry and about 150 others The genus Ribes of flowering plants is the only one placed in the family Grossulariaceae. ... Binomial name Rubus idaeus L. The Raspberry or Red Raspberry, (Rubus idaeus) is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit (not a true berry) in late summer or early autumn. ... Jump to: navigation, search Species About 350, including: Salix acutifolia - Violet Willow Salix alaxensis - Alaska Willow Salix alba - White Willow Salix alpina - Alpine Willow Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf Willow Salix arbuscula - Mountain Willow Salix arbusculoides - Littletree Willow Salix arctica - Arctic Willow Salix atrocinerea Salix aurita - Eared Willow Salix babylonica - Peking Willow... Species See text Elder or Elderberry (Sambucus) is a genus of between 5-30 species of fast-growing shrubs or small trees (two species herbaceous), formerly treated in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, but now shown by genetic evidence to be correctly classified in the moschatel family Adoxaceae. ... Species See text The goldenrod is a flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae. ... This article is about the rowan tree; for other uses of the term, see Rowan (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Spinacia oleracea L. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to central and southwestern Asia. ... Species About 50, including: Tagetes erecta Tagetes filifolia Tagetes lacera Tagetes lucida Tagetes minuta Tagetes patula Tagetes tenuifolia also numerous hybrids Tagetes is a genus of about 50 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. ... Species About 80 species: Tropaeolum adpressum Tropaeolum aduncum Tropaeolum albiflorum Tropaeolum argentinum Tropaeolum asplundii Tropaeolum atrocapillare Tropaeolum azureum Tropaeolum beuthii Tropaeolum bicolor Tropaeolum bimaculatum Tropaeolum bogotense Tropaeolum boliviense Tropaeolum brachyceras Tropaeolum brasiliense Tropaeolum brideanum Tropaeolum bridgesii Tropaeolum buchenaui Tropaeolum buchenauianum Tropaeolum calcaratum Tropaeolum calvum Tropaeolum capillare Tropaeolum carchense Tropaeolum chilense... Species See text Nettle (Urtica) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, mostly perennial herbs but some are annual and a few are shrubby. ... Binomial name Vaccinium myrtillus L. Bilberry is a name given to several species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae) that bear tasty fruits. ...

References

• Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
• Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984