Epilecta linogrisea

Epilecta linogrisea is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Algeria, Morocco, the Caucasus, Armenia, Turkey, North-Western Iran, Syria, Israel and Lebanon.

Forewing greyish white, diffusely dark grey along costa and inner margin and especially on inner line below median vein; claviform stigma slight, marked by a black line;orbicular and reniform with fine black rings; the former round with pale grey centre, the latter with centre blackish; a quadrate black spot on costa before submarginal line, beyond which the marginal area is brown red: hindwing yellow, with broad black border; the base and costa grey; fringe ochreous.

Occurs chiefly in the South of Europe, Spain, Greece, France, and Germany, but also found in Scandinavia; in Asia in Armenia, Syria, and Asia Minor.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, such as Digitalis purpurea and Stellaria and Primula species.