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Polymixis serpentina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Crete.[2]

Polymixis serpentina
Subspecies serpentina Male
Subspecies serpentina Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Polymixis
Species:	P. serpentina
Binomial name
Polymixis serpentina (Treitschke, 1825)[1]
Synonyms
Miselia serpentina Treitschke, 1825

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on wing from October to November.[3]

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants.[4]

Subspecies

• Polymixis serpentina serpentina
• Polymixis serpentina minoica Fibiger, 1992 (Crete)

Polymixis iatnana was formerly treated as a subspecies Polymixis serpentina.

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