Bryophila ravula

Bryophila ravula

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Bryophila
Species:	B. ravula
Binomial name
*Bryophila ravula* (Hübner, [1813])
Synonyms
Noctua ravula Hübner, [1813] Cryphia ravula Noctua lupula Hübner, [1813] Bryophila troglodyta Freyer, 1832 Bryophila ravula var. grisescens Oberthür, 1918 Cryphia ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952 Cryphia ravala ravulatra Aubert, 1953

Bryophila ravula is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern and central Europe.

The larvae probably feed on lichen.

Subspecies

Bryophila ravula ravula (Belgium and Germany to Spain, Sicily, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria and from France to Ukraine)
Bryophila ravula grisescens Oberthur, 1918 (Iberian Peninsula)
Bryophila ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952 (Iberian Peninsula)

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