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Cardepia sociabilis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Cardepia sociabilis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cardepia

Rank
  
Species

Cardepia sociabilis

Similar
  
Calophasia platyptera, Aporophyla australis, Amphipyra effusa, Achyra nudalis, Esperia oliviella

Cardepia sociabilis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Morocco to Chad through southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula to India.

Adults are on wing from March to November. There are multiple generations per year.

The larvae feed on various halophilous plants.

Subspecies

  • Cardepia sociabilis socialis
  • Cardepia sociabilis deserticola (Syria)
  • Cardepia sociabilis mauretanica (Algeria)
  • Cardepia sociabilis canescens
  • Cardepia sociabilis rajasthana
  • References

    Cardepia sociabilis Wikipedia