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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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