Caradrina vicina

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Caradrina

Caradrina vicina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1870. It is found from central Italy east to Bulgaria, southern Russia, eastern and central Turkey, Israel and Lebanon and from Iran to Central Asia. The habitat consists of grasslands.

The wingspan is 23–28 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from August to October.

Subspecies

Caradrina vicina vicina (southern European Russia, western Turkestan, northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, northern Iran, eastern Turkey)

Caradrina vicina castrensis Berio, 1981 (Italy)

Caradrina vicina hunza Hacker, 1992

Caradrina vicina rosea (Boursin, 1936) (Libya)

References

Caradrina vicina Wikipedia

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