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Leucania zeae

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Leucania zeae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Leucania
Species:
L. zeae
Binomial name
Leucania zeae
(Duponchel, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Noctua zeae Duponchel, 1827
  • Leucania indistincta Christoph, 1887
  • Leucania putrida Staudinger, 1889
  • Mythimna zeae

Leucania zeae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North Africa, southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, central Asia and western China.

Adults are on wing from March to November. There are multiple generation per year.

Recorded food plants include Arundo donax, Zea mays and other Gramineae species including cereals in Europe. It is occasionally considered a minor pest.

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