Actebia squalida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Actebia
Species:
A. squalida
Binomial name
Actebia squalida
(Guenée, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrotis squalida Guenée, 1852
  • Protexarnis squalida (Guenée, 1852)

Actebia squalida is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It known from Finland, the southern Urals, and eastern Siberia.[2]

It was previously thought to also occur in North America but this error comes from a misidentification of Actebia balanitis.[3]

The larvae probably feed on various grasses.

References

  1. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
  2. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
  3. Pohl, Gregory R.; Cannings, Robert A.; Landry, Jean-François; Holden, David G.; Scudder, Geoffrey G. E. (2015-11-11). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada: Entomological Society of British Columbia Occasional Paper. ISBN 9781483435176.


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