Aporophyla canescens Duponchel, 1826 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aporophyla canescens Duponchel, 1826

Aporophyla canescens Duponchel, 1826

Aporophyla canescens is a Noctuidae moth described in 1826, found across parts of Europe and the Near East.

Family
Genus
Aporophyla
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Aporophyla canescens Duponchel, 1826

Aporophyla canescens is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae. This species was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1826. Its distribution includes Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Portugal, Russia, and the islands of Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta and Crete. This moth has a wingspan measuring 40 to 45 mm. Adult Aporophyla canescens have been recorded in flight from August through November. The larvae of this species feed on plant species from the genera Asphodelus and Narcissus.

Photo: (c) Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Aporophyla

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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