Cryphia ereptricula

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Cryphia ereptricula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cryphia
Species:
C. ereptricula
Binomial name
Cryphia ereptricula
Synonyms
  • Bryophila ereptricula
  • Bryophila ereptripula

Cryphia ereptricula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. 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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