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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