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Ochropleura leucogaster (Radford's Flame Shoulder)

Synonyms: Agrotis leucogaster; Noctua leucogaster (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ochropleura leucogaster (Radford's flame shoulder) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found near the Mediterranean Sea, Southern Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, North Africa and Southern Africa as well as on some islands of the Indian Ocean. The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May depending on the location. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, Scrophulariaceae, Balsaminaceae and Ericaceae
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Rdumijiet ta' Malta: Ir-Ramla tac-Cirkewwa sa Il-Ponta ta' Benghisa 5724 Malta  
Salisbury Plain 52975 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot deervetch)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0