Lycophotia erythrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lycophotia
Species:
L. erythrina
Binomial name
Lycophotia erythrina
Synonyms
  • Agrotis erythrina

Lycophotia erythrina is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is found around the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean coast of Europe in Spain, Portugal, Southern France, Northern Italy and Albania.

It has a wingspan of 26–33 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Erica species.

References

  1. Walker, Francis (1856). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Noctuidae. order of the Trustees. p. 356.


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