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Armada panaceorum

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Armada panaceorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Armada
Species:
A. panaceorum
Binomial name
Armada panaceorum
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa panaceorum
  • Armada panaceorum distincta

Armada panaceorum is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1848. It is found in the arid parts of North Africa, the Near East and the Middle East, Kazakhstan, eastern Afghanistan, Mongolia, Tibet and south-eastern Turkey.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from March to April.

The larvae feed on Arnebia decumbens, Lappula ceratophora and Heterocaryum rigidum

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  • 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.
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