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Sympistis nigrita is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The nominate subspecies is found in the Northern part of Europe.

Sympistis nigrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Sympistis
Species:	S. nigrita
Binomial name
Sympistis nigrita (Boisduval, 1840)
Synonyms
Anarta zetterstedtii Sympistis zetterstedtii Sympistis sibirica Anarta nigrita Sympistis nigrita Sympistis besla (Skinner & Mengel, 1892) Sympistis kolthoffi Sympistis labradoris (Staudinger, 1901)

The wingspan is 22–25 mm(.8661-.9843in).

The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala.

Subspecies

• Sympistis nigrita nigrita (central Europe)
• Sympistis nigrita zetterstedtii (northern Eurasia and into northwestern North America)
• Sympistis nigrita kolthoffi (Alaska and Yukon)

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum.de

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