Cryphia ereptricula

Cryphia ereptricula
Bryophila ereptricula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cryphia
Species: C. ereptricula
Binomial name
Cryphia ereptricula
Treitschke, 1825[1]
Synonyms
  • Bryophila ereptricula
  • Bryophila ereptripula

Cryphia ereptricula is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of central and southern Europe, from Sweden and Finland, south to Italy and Greece and from Germany east to Belarus. It has also been recorded from Spain.

The wingspan is 23-28 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on lichen and algae.

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