True lover's knot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the true lover's knot lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lycophotia porphyrea
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Noctuidae

Where does the true lover's knot live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the true lover's knot in 13 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the true lover's knot?

The true lover's knot (Lycophotia porphyrea) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Noctuidae, genus Lycophotia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the true lover's knot

The true lover's knot (Lycophotia porphyrea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the west Palearctic in a wide band through northern, central and eastern Europe and Russia (up to the Ural Mountains). In the south it is spread through northern Spain and northern Portugal, northern Italy, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and northern Greece. In Europe it is found wherever its food plants grow. It is traditionally thought of as a species typical of heathland and moorland but it can often be found in places where heather and its relatives are in garden cultivation, or sunny slopes and forest edges. In the mountains it is found up to an elevation of over 2000 metres above sea level.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article True lover's knot (moth) (revision 1358500635), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1574140 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).