Dewick's Plusia

Dewick's Plusia is a slender, intricately patterned noctuid moth celebrated for the brilliant metallic silver-white comma mark shining from the center of each marbled bronze-and-brown forewing. Highly nomadic and capable of strong migratory flights, adults produce two to three overlapping generations each year from late spring through early autumn across temperate Eurasia. Caterpillars feed on a diverse selection of wild herbs such as stinging nettles, chamomile, and deadnettles before pupating inside delicate silk cocoons attached to host stems.