Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Pandesma robusta | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
Similar Dysgonia torrida, Tathorhynchus exsiccata, Pericyma, Grammodes stolida, Ctenoplusia limbirena | ||
Pandesma robusta is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Malta, Sicily, Greece, Crete, the Canary Islands, throughout Africa and from Asia Minor to India and Pakistan.
Adults are on wing year round. There are multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on Acacia, Albizzia lebbek and Populus euphratica.
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