Alhagi maurorum is a species of legume commonly known, variously, as camelthorn, camelthorn-bush, Caspian manna, and Persian mannaplant. This shrub is native to the region extending from the Mediterranean to Russia, but has been introduced to many other areas of the world, including Australia, southern Africa, and the western United States. The perennial plant grows from a massive rhizome system which may extend over six feet into the ground. New shoots can appear over 20 feet from the parent plant. Above the ground, the plant rarely reaches four feet in height. It is a heavily branched, gray-green thicket with long spines along the branches. It bears small, bright pink to maroon pea flowers and small legume pods, which are brown or reddish and constricted between the seeds. The seeds are mottled brown beans.
Amphipoea fucosa, the saltern ear moth, is a moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea. It was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1830 and it is found in Europe.
Ennomos is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825.
Lygephila is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.
Pericyma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851.
Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is the only genus of the monotypic tribe Lythriini described by Claude Herbulot in 1962.
Ochropleura leucogaster, or Radford's flame shoulder, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1831. It is found near the Mediterranean Sea, southern Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, North Africa and southern Africa as well as on some islands of the Indian Ocean.
Catocala separata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1846. It is found in the Balkans, the Mediterranean part of southern Turkey and the Levant.
Pericyma squalens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Julius Lederer in 1855. It is found in south-eastern Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.
Drasteria flexuosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Ménétriés in 1847. It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazachstan, China, Mongolia and Afghanistan.
Zekelita ravalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. It is found in the Near East and Middle East, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Bahrain and the Levant.
Amphipoea lucens, the large ear or large ear moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1845 and it is found in most of Europe.
Pericyma cruegeri, the poinciana looper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found in south-east Asia including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea, and in Australia, northern New South Wales and Queensland. Furthermore, it is an introduced species in Hawaii and Guam, where it was first detected in 1971. In Japan, it was first detected in 1986 in Ishigaki Island and the living area is expanded to Okinawa Island by 2000.
The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of species belonging to the Erebinae is not known, the subfamily is estimated to include around 10,000 species. Some well-known Erebinae include underwing moths (Catocala) and witch moths (Thermesiini). Many of the species in the subfamily have medium to large wingspans, up to nearly 30 cm in the white witch moth, which has the widest wingspan of all Lepidoptera. Erebine caterpillars feed on a broad range of plants; many species feed on grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and blackberries.
Pericyma polygramma is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in subtropical Africa and is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa and Madagascar.
Pericyma metaleuca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa and the Near East and is known from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania and Yemen.
Eupithecia undata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1840. The North American Moth Photographers Group lists it as a synonym of Eupithecia lafontaineata. It is found in the Pyrenees, Alps, the Massif Central, the Tatra mountains, on the Balkan Peninsula and in Romania. It is also found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.
Condica viscosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1831. It is found from southern Europe and North Africa to Arabia and the southern parts of western Asia. The habitat consists of lowland areas near the coast, including dry slopes, road side verges, dry river beds or fallow land.
Lygephila lupina is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Ludwig Carl Friedrich Graeser in 1890. It is found in the Russian Far East, China and Korea.
