Peridroma saucia

The pearly underwing or variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe, but is also found further north because of its migratory nature.Elsewhere in the Palearctic ecozone it is found in North Africa, Asia Minor, Russia (including Russian Far East and Siberia, China, Taiwan and Japan. In the Nearctic ecozone it is found in the U.S. and south Canada and in the Neotropic ecozone in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Sri lanka.