Teinoptera gafsana

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Teinoptera gafsana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Teinoptera
Species:
T. gafsana
Binomial name
Teinoptera gafsana
(Blachier, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Teinoptera gafsana(Blachier, 1905)
  • Cleophana gafsanaBlachier, 1905

Teinoptera gafsana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Theodore Blachier in 1905. [1] It is found from Morocco through all north-western Africa to Libya. It is also found in the central Arabian deserts, Iraq and Israel.

Adults are on wing from February to April. There is one generation per year.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (October 3, 2019). "Teinoptera gafsana (Blachier, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 9, 2021.