Cardepia sociabilis
| Cardepia sociabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Cardepia |
| Species: | C. sociabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardepia sociabilis (Graslin, 1850) | |
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Cardepia sociabilis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Morocco to Chad through southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula to India.
Adults are on wing from March to November. There are multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on various halophilous plants.
Subspecies
- Cardepia sociabilis socialis
- Cardepia sociabilis deserticola (Syria)
- Cardepia sociabilis mauretanica (Algeria)
- Cardepia sociabilis canescens
- Cardepia sociabilis rajasthana
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