Rhabdophera arefacta

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Rhabdophera arefacta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Rhabdophera
Species:
R. arefacta
Binomial name
Rhabdophera arefacta
Swinhoe, 1884
Synonyms
  • Rhabdophera messraeStaudinger, 1897

Rhabdophera arefacta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1884. The species is found in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Iraq.

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from March to November.

The larvae feed on Prosopis stephaniana .