Tytroca dispar
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Tytroca |
| Species: | T. dispar
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| Binomial name | |
| Tytroca dispar (Püngeler, 1904)
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Tytroca dispar is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Rudolf Püngeler in 1904. It is found in semi-deserts and deserts from the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Jordan and the Sinai.
The female adult of this species has a wingspan of 27 mm.[1]
There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Acacia species.
References
[edit]- ^ Püngeler, R. (1904). "Neue palaearktische Macrolepidopteren". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. Bd.16, p.290/291 Taf.VI, fig.7, 7a. (in German) - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
[edit]- 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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