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Polytela cliens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Polytela

Polytela cliens is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found through North Africa and the Sahara to Israel, Jordan, the Arabian Peninsula and to southern Iran.

Adults are on wing from February to March. There is one generation per year. Part of the pupae diapause up to several years.

Recorded food plants include Dipcadi serotinum and Pancratium tortuosum.

References

Polytela cliens Wikipedia