Craniophora pontica
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Craniophora |
Species: | C. pontica
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Binomial name | |
Craniophora pontica (Staudinger, 1879)
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Craniophora pontica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the southern Balkans through the Near East and parts of the Middle East to Afghanistan. In the Levant it has been recorded from Lebanon and Israel.
Adults are on wing from April to May and in September. There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Fraxinus species.
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