Aegle semicana

Aegle semicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aegle
Species: A. semicana
Binomial name
Aegle semicana
(Esper, [1798])[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena semicana Esper, [1798]
  • Pyralis vespertalis Hübner, 1813
  • Anthophila vespertina Treitschke, 1826
  • Aegle mimetes Brandt, 1938

Aegle semicana is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Esper in 1798. It is found in Austria, Italy, Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Israel, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily, Malta and Cyprus.[2]

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on Delphinium species.

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