Ammoconia caecimacula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of Europe, except southern Spain, Great Britain, Ireland and northern Fennoscandia. It is also present in Anatolia, western Turkestan and across the Palaearctic to Siberia. In the east the species is represented by subspecies transcaucasica and sibirica.

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Ammoconia caecimacula
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ammoconia
Species:	A. caecimacula
Binomial name
Ammoconia caecimacula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua caecimacula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Phalaena (Noctua) millegrana Esper, 1790 Phalaena (Noctua) respersa Brahm, 1791 Ammoconia caecimacula r. rhaeticaria Dannehl, 1926 Ammoconia caecimacula f. marsicaria Dannehl, 1929

The wingspan is 35–48 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October or November.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Cephalanthera damasonium, Rumex, Galium, Scrophularia, Genista, Taraxacum and Silene. They prefer the flowers and fruit.

Subspecies

• Ammoconia caecimacula caecimacula
• Ammoconia caecimacula transcaucasica Ronkay & Varga, 1984
• Ammoconia caecimacula sibirica Staudinger, 1882

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