Leucania palaestinae

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.

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

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.


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