Teinoptera olivina

Teinoptera olivina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Teinoptera
Species:	T. olivina
Binomial name
Teinoptera olivina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Synonyms
Copiphana olivina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) Cleophana olivina Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 Copiphana ferrieri (Bellier, 1857) Cleophana ferrieri Bellier, 1857

Teinoptera olivina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Arabia and Saudi Arabia.

Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Dianthus and Acantholiman species

Subspecies

• Teinoptera olivina olivina
• Teinoptera olivina deliblatica (eastern Europe)
• Teinoptera olivina pseudoliva (Turkey)

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum.de