Biology:Leucania palaestinae

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Short description: Species of moth

Leucania palaestinae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Leucania
Species:
L. palaestinae
Binomial name
Leucania palaestinae
Staudinger, 1897
Synonyms
  • Cirphis crenulata Leucania putrida var. palaestinae
  • Staudinger, 1897 Staudinger, 1897
  • Hampson, 1905 Mythimna palaestinae
  • Leucania jordana
  • Leucania languida Bartel, 1904
  • Leucania crenulata

Leucania palaestinae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Algeria to Egypt, Sicily, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Syria, Jordan, the Sinai in Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkmenistan.

Adults are on wing from April to June and from October to December. There are two generation per year.

The larvae feed on Arundo phraguntes and Gramineae species in Europe.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6533950 entry