Leucania palaestinae

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Leucania palaestinae
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L. palaestinae
Binomial name
Leucania palaestinae
Staudinger, 1897
Synonyms
  • Leucania putrida var. palaestinae Staudinger, 1897
  • Leucania languida Staudinger, 1897
  • Leucania jordana Bartel, 1904
  • Cirphis crenulata Hampson, 1905
  • Mythimna palaestinae
  • Leucania crenulata

Leucania palaestinae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Algeria to Egypt, Sicily, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Syria, Jordan, the Sinai in Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkmenistan.

Adults are on wing from April to June and from October to December. There are two generation per year.

The larvae feed on and Gramineae species in Europe.

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