TL: Lebanon, Beirut
Similar species
25-38 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishAlfalfa Looper Moth EnglishLevant Blackneck 
FrançaisOphiuse entaillée 
NederlandsZuidelijke wikke-uil 
العربيةنمر البرسيم
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Indigofera tinctoria True indigo Fabaceae Medicago sativa Alfalfa Fabaceae Spartium junceum Spanish Broom
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Lygephila exsiccata Lederer, 1855 Spintherops exsiccata Lederer, 1855 Tathorhynchus greuteri Koutsaftikis, 1973
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Moths Roy Goff Afro Moths Jurate De Prins. Willy De Prins Butterflies and Moths of North America 
Lepiforum e. V. Moths of India North American Moth Photographers Group Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis UK Moths Ian Kimber
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