Polia hepatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Polia
Species:	P. hepatica
Binomial name
Polia hepatica (Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms
Phalaena hepatica Clerck, 1759 Phalaena (Noctua) trimaculosa Esper, 1788 Phalaena (Noctua) trimaculosa Esper, 1796 Phalaena (Noctua) tincta Brahm, 1791 Noctua argentina Haworth, 1809 Mamestra tincta var. obscurata Staudinger, 1897 Polia trimaculosa Aplecta tincta Mamestra tincta

The Silvery Arches (Polia hepatica) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in temperate Europe and Asia up to eastern Asia. It is not present in northernmost Fennoscandia and the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It is also absent from Japan.

The wingspan is 39–47 mm. Adults are in wing from the end of May to the beginning of August in one generation.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Vaccinium, Rubus and Betula species.

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