Hecatera cappa

Hecatera cappa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Hecatera
Species:	H. cappa
Binomial name
Hecatera cappa (Hübner, 1809)
Synonyms
Noctua cappa Hübner, 1809

Hecatera cappa is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, central and south-eastern Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran and central Asia.

Adults are on wing from April to May in Israel and at the beginning and end of summer in central Europe. There is one generation per year in Israel. In Europe there are two generations.

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Scrophularia and Delphinium species.

External links[]

• Lepiforum.de
• Hadeninae of Israel