Teinoptera olivina

Teinoptera olivina
Teinoptera olivina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Teinoptera
Species: T. olivina
Binomial name
Teinoptera olivina
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Copiphana olivina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
  • Cleophana olivina Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
  • Copiphana ferrieri (Bellier, 1857)
  • Cleophana ferrieri Bellier, 1857

Teinoptera olivina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Morocco, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Arabia and Saudi-Arabia.

Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Dianthus and Acantholiman species

Subspecies

  • Teinoptera olivina olivina
  • Teinoptera olivina deliblatica (eastern Europe)
  • Teinoptera olivina pseudoliva (Turkey)

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