Biology:Aporophyla canescens

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Short description: Species of moth

Aporophyla canescens
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aporophyla
Species:
A. canescens
Binomial name
Aporophyla canescens
(Duponchel, [1826])[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Noctua canescens Duponchel, 1826
  • Noctua pumicosa Geyer, [1832]
  • Polia asphodeli Rambur, 1832
  • Polia plumbea Staudinger, 1895
  • Aporophyla ochracea Spuler, 1908
  • Aporophyla calida Turati, 1909
  • Aporophyla asphodelioides Turati, 1909
  • Polia (Antitype) canescens f. aritzensis Turati, 1913
  • Aporophyla plumbina Osthelder, 1933

Aporophyla canescens is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1826. It is found in Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Portugal, Russia, as well as on Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta and Crete.

The wingspan is 40–45 mm.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from August to November. The larvae feed on Asphodelus and Narcissus species.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13387085 entry