Cryphia amasina

Cryphia amasina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Near East and Middle East to Turkmenistan and the Arabian Peninsula. In the Levant there are fragmented populations in Lebanon, Jordan and Israel.

Cryphia amasina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cryphia
Species:
C. amasina
Binomial name
Cryphia amasina
(Draudt, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Bryophila muralis amasina Draudt, 1931

Adults are on wing from July to October. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on lichen.


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