Phalera bucephaloides

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Phalera bucephaloides
Southern Buff-tip (Phalera bucephaloides) (27997670500).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Phalera
Species:
P. bucephaloides
Binomial name
Phalera bucephaloides
(Ochsenheimer, 1810)

Phalera bucephaloides is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is found in Europe, south of Tyrol, Hungary and the Balkans.

The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The moths are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on Quercus species and Arbutus unedo.

Subspecies[]

  • P. b. bucephaloides
  • P. b. syriaca

Sources[]

  • P.-C. Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).

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