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Minucia wiskotti

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Minucia wiskotti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Minucia
Species:
M. wiskotti
Binomial name
Minucia wiskotti
Püngeler, 1902
Synonyms
  • Minucia viscotti Hampson, 1913

Minucia wiskotti is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Püngeler in 1902. The species is endemic to the mountains surrounding the Rift Valley and mountainous areas in Jordan.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing in May.

The larvae probably feed on Quercus species.

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  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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