Caradrina flavirena

Caradrina flavirena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Caradrina
Species:	C. flavirena
Binomial name
Caradrina flavirena Guenée, [1852][1]
Synonyms
Caradrina kadenii var. flavirena Guenée, 1852 Caradrina selini var. minor Staudinger, 1897 Caradrina flavirena ab. subdita Warren, 1911 Athetis muricolor Boursin, 1933 Paradrina muricolor Caradrina flavirena subdita Leraut, 1980 Elaphria (Paradrina) zobeidah Boursin, 1937

Caradrina flavirena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Guenee in 1852. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Armenia and Iran. The habitat consists of grasslands.

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from March to May and again from September to October.

The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing herbs.^[2]

Subspecies

• Caradrina flavirena flavirena
• Caradrina flavirena zobeidah (Boursin, 1937) (Iraq)

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. The tribes Prodeniini and Caradrinini of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Xyleninae)

External links

• Caradrina flavirena in lepidoptera catalog