Caradrina flavirena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Caradrina
Species:
C. flavirena
Binomial name
Caradrina flavirena
Guenée, [1852][1]
Synonyms
  • Caradrina kadenii var. flavirena Guenée, 1852
  • Caradrina selini var. minor Staudinger, 1897
  • Caradrina flavirena ab. subdita Warren, 1911
  • Athetis muricolor Boursin, 1933
  • Paradrina muricolor
  • Caradrina flavirena subdita Leraut, 1980
  • Elaphria (Paradrina) zobeidah Boursin, 1937

Caradrina flavirena is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Armenia and Iran. The habitat consists of grasslands.

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from March to May and again from September to October.

The larvae are polyphagous on low-growing herbs.[2]

Subspecies

  • Caradrina flavirena flavirena
  • Caradrina flavirena zobeidah (Boursin, 1937) (Iraq)

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