Biology:Teinoptera olivina

Short description: Species of moth

Teinoptera olivina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Teinoptera
Species:	T. olivina
Binomial name
Teinoptera olivina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Synonyms
Copiphana olivina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) Cleophana olivina Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 Copiphana ferrieri (Bellier, 1857) Cleophana ferrieri Bellier, 1857

Teinoptera olivina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Morocco, Spain , France , Switzerland , Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Arabia and Saudi Arabia.

Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Dianthus and Acantholiman species

Subspecies

• Teinoptera olivina olivina
• Teinoptera olivina deliblatica (eastern Europe)
• Teinoptera olivina pseudoliva (Turkey)

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum.de

Wikidata ☰ Q7695081 entry