| Polymixis serpentina | |
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| Subspecies serpentina Male | |
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| Subspecies serpentina Female | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea | 
| Family: | Noctuidae | 
| Genus: | Polymixis | 
| Species: | P. serpentina  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Polymixis serpentina (Treitschke, 1825)[1]  | |
| Synonyms | |
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Polymixis serpentina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Crete.[2]

Subspecies minoica Male

Subspecies minoica Female
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.
References
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