Pandesma robusta

Pandesma robusta is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Malta, Sicily, Greece, Crete, the Canary Islands, throughout Africa and from Asia Minor to India and Pakistan.

Pandesma robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pandesma
Species:
P. robusta
Binomial name
Pandesma robusta
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Thria robusta
  • Pandesma opposita
  • Pandesma sennaarensis
  • Pandesma grandis
  • Pandesma terrigena
  • Pandesma distincta

Adults are on wing year round. There are multiple generations per year.

The larvae feed on Acacia, Albizzia lebbek and Populus euphratica.


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