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Leucania punctosa

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Leucania punctosa
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L. punctosa
Binomial name
Leucania punctosa
(Treitschke, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Simyra punctosa Treitschke, 1825
  • Mythimna punctosa

Leucania punctosa is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Morocco to Libya, southern Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, the Sinai in Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkmenistan.

Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various Gramineae species.

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