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Brachygalea albolineata

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Brachygalea albolineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Brachygalea
Species:
B. albolineata
Binomial name
Brachygalea albolineata
(Blachier, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Calophasia albolineata Blachier, 1905
  • Criophasia albolineata Rothschild, 1915

Brachygalea albolineata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles Theodore Blachier in 1905. It is found from the western parts of the Sahara through the desert areas of the African Mediterranean to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Iraq and southern Iran. It has also been recorded from south-eastern Spain.

Adults are on wing from January to April. There is one generation per year.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.