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Scotch Smudge
Rhigognostis incarnatella
Rhigognostis incarnatella, the Scotch smudge, is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It was described by Wilhelm Steudel in 1873. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 17–21 mm.Similar to Plutella xylostella but larger and more brightly-coloured.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 522741.