Tytroca dispar

Tytroca dispar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Tytroca
Species: T. dispar
Binomial name
Tytroca dispar
(Püngeler, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Pericyma dispar
  • Cortyta dallonii
  • Cortyta sabulifera
  • Cortyta dispar margarita
  • Tytroca dispar puengeleri

Tytroca dispar is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in semi-deserts and deserts from the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Jordan and the Sinai.

The female adult of this species has a wingspan of 27mm.[1]

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Acacia species.

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Biodiversitylibrary.org: Püngeler, 1904, Neue palaearktische Macrolepidopteren - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, Bd.16, p.290/291 Taf.VI, fig.7, 7a


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