Rhabinopteryx subtilis

Rhabinopteryx subtilis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Paul Mabille in 1888. It is found from Morocco along the northern African coast of the Mediterranean Sea (including Malta) to Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran and Israel.

Rhabinopteryx subtilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Rhabinopteryx
Species:
R. subtilis
Binomial name
Rhabinopteryx subtilis
(Mabille, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Epimecia subtilis Mabille, 1888

Adults are on wing from February to April. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Plantago albicans.

  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de LepidopterologĂ­a. 33 (129): 83–95.


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