- Chloantha hyperici
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Chloantha hyperici 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Chloantha Species: C. hyperici Binomial name Chloantha hyperici
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)Synonyms - Noctua hyperici Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Chloantha hyperici var. dilutior Wagner, 1909
- Actinotia hyperici
Chloantha hyperici is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern Central Europe and from southern Europe to the Near East and Anatolia, Israel, Iraq, the Persian Gulf and the Caucasus, as well as northern Denmark, southern Sweden, southern Norway and south-western Finland.
The wingspan is 30-34 mm. Adults are on wing in June and August in two generations in the north and in three generations in the south, with adults on wing from April to May, July to August and from September to October.
The larvae feed on Hypericum perforatum.
Subspecies
- Chloantha hyperici hyperici (southern Central Europe and from southern Europe to the Near East and Anatolia, Israel, Iraq, the Persian Gulf and the Caucasus)
- Chloantha hyperici svendseni (Fibiger, 1990) (northern Denmark, southern Sweden, southern Norway and south-western Finland)
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