Euxoa decora is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, Morocco, Algeria, the Caucasus, Armenia, Issyk-Kul, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

Euxoa decora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Euxoa
Species:	E. decora
Binomial name
Euxoa decora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua decora Denis & Schiffermüller 1775 Euxoa nivens Hübner, [1821] Euxoa nebulosa Hübner, [1808] Euxoa decora f. nivalis Vorbrodt, 1912 Agrotis decora var. decorata Neuburger, 1904 Euxoa decora f. flavomaculata Schawerda, 1924 Noctua simulatrix Hübner, [1824] Euxoa livida Staudinger, 1901 Agrotis decora var. livida Staudinger, 1901 Agrotis decora f. simplex Turati & Verity, 1911 Euxoa decora f. flavorenalis Bubacek, 1924 Euxoa decora var. albidecora Sohn-Rethel, 1929

It has a typical wingspan of 38–41 mm. Each generation of adults are on wing from July to September, and larvae feed on a wide range of low growing plants, including Anthyllis vulneraria.

Subspecies

• Euxoa decora decora (eastern part of the Alps and adjacent regions in the east, northern Italy)
• Euxoa decora simulatrix (western Alps, Pyrenees)
• Euxoa decora splendida (Italy (Abruzzi))
• Euxoa decora macedonica (southern Yugoslasvia, north-western and southern Greece)
• Euxoa decora olympica (central Greece (Olympus and Grammos Mountains)
• Euxoa decora hackeri (northern Greece (Mount Phalakron))

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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