Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Chloantha hyperici | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Chloantha Rank Species | |
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Similar Actinotia radiosa, Hyppa rectilinea, Ipimorpha subtusa, Elaphria venustula, Cryphia algae | ||
Chloantha hyperici, the pale-shouldered cloud, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern Central Europe and from southern Europe to the Near East and Anatolia, Israel, Iraq, the Persian Gulf and the Caucasus, as well as northern Denmark, southern Sweden, southern Norway and south-western Finland.
The wingspan is 30–34 mm. Adults are on wing in June and August in two generations in the north and in three generations in the south, with adults on wing from April to May, July to August and from September to October.
The larvae feed on Hypericum perforatum.
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