Bryophila ravula

Bryophila ravula
Bryophila ravula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bryophila
Species: B. ravula
Binomial name
Bryophila ravula
(Hübner, [1813])
Synonyms
  • Noctua ravula Hübner, [1813]
  • Cryphia ravula
  • Noctua lupula Hübner, [1813]
  • Bryophila troglodyta Freyer, 1832
  • Bryophila ravula var. grisescens Oberthür, 1918
  • Cryphia ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952
  • Cryphia ravala ravulatra Aubert, 1953

Bryophila ravula is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern and central Europe.

The larvae probably feed on lichen.

Subspecies

  • Bryophila ravula ravula (Belgium and Germany to Spain, Sicily, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria and from France to Ukraine)
  • Bryophila ravula grisescens Oberthur, 1918 (Iberian Peninsula)
  • Bryophila ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952 (Iberian Peninsula)
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