Lycophotia erythrina

Lycophotia erythrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lycophotia
Species:
L. erythrina
Binomial name
Lycophotia erythrina
Synonyms
  • Agrotis erythrina

Lycophotia erythrina is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is found around the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean coast of Europe in Spain, Portugal, Southern France, Northern Italy and Albania.

It has a wingspan of 26–33 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Erica species.

References

  1. ^ Walker, Francis (1856). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Noctuidae. order of the Trustees. p. 356.


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