Cardepia sociabilis

Cardepia sociabilis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Morocco to Chad through southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula to India.

Cardepia sociabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Cardepia
Species:
C. sociabilis
Binomial name
Cardepia sociabilis
(Graslin, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Hadena sociabilis Graslin, 1850
  • Discestra pedrosai Monteiro, 1972
  • Mamestra afra Bethune-Baker, 1894
  • Discestra sociabilis

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

The larvae feed on various halophilous plants.

Subspecies
  • Cardepia sociabilis socialis
  • Cardepia sociabilis deserticola (Syria)
  • Cardepia sociabilis mauretanica (Algeria)
  • Cardepia sociabilis canescens
  • Cardepia sociabilis rajasthana

References


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