Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Genus Leucania Higher classification Leucania | Phylum Arthropoda Family Noctuidae Scientific name Leucania punctosa Rank Species | |
Similar Leucania, Butterflies and moths, Noctuidae, Leucania putrescens, Atethmia ambusta | ||
Leucania punctosa is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Morocco to Libya, southern Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, the Sinai in Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkmenistan.
Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various Gramineae species.
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