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The grey chi 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 distributed throughout Europe, although it is not present in southern Spain and Greece, as well as northern Fennoscandia. It is also found across the Palearctic including Central Asia, to the Russian Far East but not in Japan.

Technical description and variation
A. chi L. (33 i, 34 a). Forewing chalk white, grey-speckled; the lines double, grey; median area darker, the stigmata pale grey and conspicuous; the claviform at extremity edged with black and joined by a black dash to the inner blacker arm of outer line; submarginal line formed of whitish spots preceded by black wedge shaped marks; hindwing of male white with interrupted grey submarginal band; of female blackish grey, with darker cellspot, veins, and outer line; the females are always darker grey than the males; — olivacea Stph. (34 a) from Scotland is suffused throughout with olive grey; — subcaerulea Graes., from N. E. Amurland, is dark bluish grey in the forewing;- suitusa Robson is a dark grey form from the North of England, of which the males are equally dark with the females an extreme local development of this form from the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, ab. nigrescens Tutt is nearly black; ab. langei Harrison (34 a) is like olivacea but the submarginal line is absent, and the black marks preceding it wholly or nearly obsolete. Larva green, finely dotted with yellow; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish; spiracular line yellowish white, diffusely dark green above . ==Biology==
Biology
This moth flies at night in August and September and is attracted to light and sugar. The larva feeds on the leaves and flowers of a variety of plants (see list below). The species overwinters as an egg. • The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range. == Subspecies ==
Subspecies
Antitype chi chiAntitype chi subcaerulea (Graeser, 1889) (Russian Far East) == Recorded food plants ==
Recorded food plants
Artemisia - mugwortConvallaria - lily-of-the-valley • Helianthus - Jerusalem artichokeLactuca - lettuceLathyrus - meadow vetchlingLychnis - campion • Ribes - blackcurrantRumexSalix - willowSaxifraga - saxifrageSedum - stonecrop • Silene - campion • Sonchus - sow thistle • Taraxacum - dandelionTriglochinUrtica - stinging nettleViburnum - guelder rose See. == References ==
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