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Teinoptera gafsana

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Teinoptera gafsana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 gafsana Blachier, 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.

References

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