Cryphia tephrocharis

Cryphia tephrocharis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Turkey and the Balkans. In the Levant recorded from Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.

Cryphia tephrocharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cryphia
Species:
C. tephrocharis
Binomial name
Cryphia tephrocharis
Boursin, 1954

Adults are on wing from May to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on lichen.


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