Armada nilotica

Armada nilotica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1912. It is found in the northern Sinai, Egypt and the Negev.

Armada nilotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Armada
Species:
A. nilotica
Binomial name
Armada nilotica

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from March to May.

The larvae feed on Heliotropium luteum and Heliotropium arabense

  • 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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