Tytroca leucoptera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in the Arabian Peninsula and all deserts of North Africa.
| Tytroca leucoptera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Tytroca |
| Species: | T. leucoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896) | |
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There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing in October in Israel.
The larvae probably feed on Acacia species.
External links
edit- Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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