Kingdom Animalia Family Noctuidae Genus Aporophyla Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Aporophyla, Butterflies and moths, Atethmia ambusta, Aporophyla australis, Polymixis polymita | ||
Aporophyla canescens is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Duponchel in 1826. It is found in Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Israel and Russia, as well as on Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta and Crete.
The wingspan is 40–45 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from August to November.
The larvae feed on Asphodelus and Narcissus species.
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