Parexarnis photophila

Parexarnis photophila
	Parexarnis photophila in Seitz (13c)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Parexarnis
Species:	P. photophila
Binomial name
	Parexarnis photophila; (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
	Actebia (Parexarnis) photophila (Guenée, 1852); Actebia photophila (Guenée, 1852); Agrotis photophila Guenée, 1852; Agrotis ignipeta Oberthür, 1876;

Parexarnis photophila is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Canary Islands (La Gomera, Tenerife and Fuerteventura) and in Morocco, Algeria and the southern tip of Spain.

The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July depending.

Description from Seitz

R. photophila Guen. (=ignipeta Oberth.) (13c). Differs from the W. Asiatic sollers, to which it is otherwise closely allied, by the wholly white and markless underside, and by the paler hindwings. Algeria, C. Bon. [1]

References

Seitz A., 1914 Gross-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 3: Die eulenartigen Nachtfalter. - 1-511 S., Taf.1-75, Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Actebia (Parexarnis) photophila (Guenée, 1852)- a noctuid species new to mainland Spain and Europe- and records of Cydia blackmoreana (Walsingham,1903) - a micro-moth also new to Spain(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Tortricidae)

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[1] Seitz A., 1914 Gross-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 3: Die eulenartigen Nachtfalter. - 1-511 S., Taf.1-75, Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.