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Asphalia ruficollis
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A. ruficollis
Binomial name
Asphalia ruficollis
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Noctua ruficollis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Polyploca ruficollis

Asphalia ruficollis is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Asia Minor.

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

The larvae feed on Quercus species.[2] Larvae can be found from April to the beginning of June. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[3]

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