Aporophyla canescens

Aporophyla canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Aporophyla
Species:	A. canescens
Binomial name
Aporophyla canescens (Duponchel, [1826])[1]
Synonyms
Noctua canescens Duponchel, 1826 Noctua pumicosa Geyer, [1832] Polia asphodeli Rambur, 1832 Polia plumbea Staudinger, 1895 Aporophyla ochracea Spuler, 1908 Aporophyla calida Turati, 1909 Aporophyla asphodelioides Turati, 1909 Polia (Antitype) canescens f. aritzensis Turati, 1913 Aporophyla plumbina Osthelder, 1933

Aporophyla canescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1826. It is found in Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Portugal, Russia, as well as on Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta and Crete.

The wingspan is 40–45 mm.^[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from August to November. The larvae feed on Asphodelus and Narcissus species.^[3]

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