Hyphoraia dejeani

Hyphoraia dejeani is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1822. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.

Hyphoraia dejeani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hyphoraia
Species:
H. dejeani
Binomial name
Hyphoraia dejeani
(Godart, 1822)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chelonia dejeani Godart, 1822
  • Hyphoraia dejeani carpetana Agenjo, 1937

The wingspan is 41–42 mm.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Plantago species.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Savela, Markku. "Hyphoraia dejeani (Godart, 1822)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.


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