The Flame (Axylia putris) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Families About 130 - see text The Lepidoptera is the second largest order of insects comprising butterflies, skippers, and moths. ... Author: Latreille, 1809 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... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné   listen?, and who wrote 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). ... Lepidopteran on a flower. ... Author: Latreille, 1809 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... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

This species has creamy-buff forewings (sometimes tinged with red) with black streaking along the costa. The hindwings are whitish with a dark line along the margin. The wingspan is 30-36 mm. Unusually for a noctuid, this moth rests with its wings wrapped tightly around its body making it resemble a broken twig. It flies at night in June and July (sometimes a second brood is produced which flies in September) and is attracted to light. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip. ...

The larva is grey or brown with black markings and a hump at the rear end. It feeds on a variety of herbaceous plants including bedstraws, dandelion, docks, knotgrass and nettle. The species overwinters as a pupa. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ... Species About 400 species; see text Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with about 400 species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. ... Species Taraxacum officinale Taraxacum japonicum Taraxacum albidum and a few others. ... Species About 200, see text. ... Species see text Polygonum cuspidatum fall foliage Polygonum, or knotweed, is a genus in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. ... 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. ... Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary in Georgetown, South Carolina A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. ...

External link

The Flame at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera pages

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