Pandesma robusta

Pandesma robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Pandesma
Species: P. robusta
Binomial name
Pandesma robusta
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Thria robusta
  • Pandesma opposita
  • Pandesma sennaarensis
  • Pandesma grandis
  • Pandesma terrigena
  • Pandesma distincta

Pandesma robusta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Malta, Sicily, Greece, Crete, the Canary Islands, throughout Africa and from Asia Minor to India and Pakistan.

Adults are on wing year round. There are multiple generations per year.

The larvae feed on Acacia, Albizzia lebbek and Populus euphratica.

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