Opigena polygona is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland, through central and south-eastern Europe to central Asia, northern Iran, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, Irkutsk, western and central China, Tibet, Nepal and northern India.

Opigena polygona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Opigena
Species:	O. polygona
Binomial name
Opigena polygona (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Synonyms
Opygena polygona Noctua polygona Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Phalaena (Noctua) nigrofulva Esper, 1788 Noctua pyramis Borkhausen, 1792

The wingspan is 35–42 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to the latter half of September.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Capsella, Primula, Polygonum, Rumex and Trifolium.

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