Ctenoplusia accentifera
Introduction '''''Ctenoplusia accentifera''''' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South-Western Europe, Greece, Africa, the Near East and Asia Minor.
Technical description and variation ''P. accentifera'' Lef Forewing dull  pinkish grey dusted with darker, and with irregular olive brown patches; lines pale; inconspicuous; the inner oblique outwards to median vein, then waved inwards, followed by brown patches ; outer line lunulate, between two brown shades, interrupted below middle by a large brown blotch; a brown blotch from apex, a triangular one below middle of termen, and some small patches along subterminal line, which bears a black white-edged tooth between veins 2 and 3; the mark below median inconspicuous, yellowish grey, laterally finely edged with silvery, oblique and parallel ; hindwing brownish, with dark outer line and broad smoky fuscous border. Larva green, with white dorsal and double white subdorsal lines; spiracular white, less conspicuous in front, yellower behind; tubercles black with long hairs. The wingspan is about 25 mm.
Biology The larvae feed on ''Mentha'', ''Coleus'' and ''Cichorium'' species.
References
External links * Fauna Europaea* Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa* Lepiforum.de