Aegle semicana
| Aegle semicana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Aegle |
| Species: | A. semicana |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegle semicana (Esper, [1798])[1] | |
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Aegle semicana is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Esper in 1798. It is found in Austria, Italy, Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Israel, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily, Malta and Cyprus.[2]
The wingspan is 24–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.
The larvae feed on Delphinium species.
Subspecies
- Aegle semicana semicana
- Aegle semicana petroffi Andres & Seitz, 1925 (Egypt)
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