Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Genus Leucania Higher classification Leucania | Phylum Arthropoda Family Noctuidae Scientific name Leucania palaestinae Rank Species | |
Similar Leucania, Noctuidae, Butterflies and moths, Leucania putrescens | ||
Leucania palaestinae is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Algeria to Egypt, Sicily, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Syria, Jordan, the Sinai in Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkmenistan.
Adults are on wing from April to June and from October to December. There are two generation per year.
The larvae feed on Arundo phraguntes and Gramineae species in Europe.
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