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Shargacucullia strigicosta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Shargacucullia strigicosta

Shargacucullia strigicosta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Iraq and the Sinai in Egypt. Recently it has also been recorded from Israel and some areas of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran.

Adults are on wing from January to March. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Scrophularia species.

References

Shargacucullia strigicosta Wikipedia