Actebia squalida

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Actebia squalida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Actebia
Species:
A. squalida
Binomial name
Actebia squalida
(Guenée, 1852) [1]
Synonyms
  • Agrotis squalidaGuenée, 1852
  • Protexarnis squalida(Guenée, 1852)

Actebia squalida is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It known from Finland, the southern Urals, and eastern Siberia. [2]

It was previously thought to also occur in North America but this error comes from a misidentification of Actebia balanitis . [3]

The larvae probably feed on various grasses.

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References

  1. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
  2. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
  3. Pohl, Gregory R.; Cannings, Robert A.; Landry, Jean-François; Holden, David G.; Scudder, Geoffrey G. E. (2015-11-11). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada: Entomological Society of British Columbia Occasional Paper. ISBN   9781483435176.