Autophila ligaminosa

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Autophila ligaminosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Autophila
Species:
A. ligaminosa
Binomial name
Autophila ligaminosa
(Eversmann, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Cheirophanes ligaminosa
  • Amphipyra ligaminosa

Autophila ligaminosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1851. It is found from the Near East and Middle East to south-eastern Russia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from May to July.

Subspecies[edit]

  • Autophila ligaminosa subligaminosa
  • Autophila ligaminosa ankara
  • Autophila ligaminosa rhodochroa
  • Autophila ligaminosa amianta

External links[edit]

  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
  • Lepiforum e.V.