Actebia praecox
Actebia praecox, the Portland moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of "Systema Naturae". It is found in northern and central Europe, the Caucasus, central Asia, Siberia, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, the Kuriles, northern Turkey, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan.


The wingspan is 35–40 mm. "Forewing narrow and elongate, dull pale green, dusted with whitish; the three stigmata ochreous concisely black-edged; orbicular round, with a rounded rufous centre, reniform with a fine angled line swollen at each end; submarginal line preceded by a dull vinous band; apex whitish; hindwing fuscous brown. — ab. "flavomaculata" Graes., bluish green with the ochreous tints more yellow and the hindwings much darke-r, is confined to the Asiatic localities, but Leech states that some Irish specimens resemble it."
The caterpillar is light grey, or greenish coloured, has a dark lined yellowish back stripe with adjacent striking, ornamental, bright markings as well as yellow dorsolateral lines and a wide, white lateral stripe. The very slender pupa is shiny reddish brown and has a long thorn on the cremaster.

It is almost exclusively found on sandy terrain, for example in dune areas, sandy fields, shore regions and sand heaths.
The larvae feed on "Salix repens" and other sand-dune plants.
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moth
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Q459180
Noctuidae
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first described
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Carl Linnaeus
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10th edition of "Systema Naturae"
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Caucasus
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Q5428
Siberia
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Q993
Kamchatka
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Q7792
Sakhalin
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Q80389
Kuriles
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Q43
Turkey
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Q711
Mongolia
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Q148
China
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Q18097
Korea
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Q17
Japan
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Q245097
wingspan
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Q129270
larva
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Q28141
Salix repens
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Q1551914
Actebia praecox
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1758-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1758
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10
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35
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40
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host
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located on terrain feature