Nycteola revayana, Crete - photo © Luca Sattin

Nycteola revayana, Crete - photo © Luca Sattin

Nycteola revayana (Scopoli, 1772)

MOTH INFO

Nycteola revayana is a moth of the family Nolidae on the island of Crete, Greece.

Scientific name

Nycteola revayana (Scopoli, 1772)

Synonyms

Phalaena revayana (Scopoli, 1772)

Pyralis duplana (Fabricius, 1777)

Pyralis ilicana (Fabricius, 1781)

Phalaena lathamiana (Swederus, 1787)

Phalaena afzeliana (Swederus, 1787)

Pyralis riuagana (Fabricius, 1787)

Tortrix punctana (Hübner, 1799)

Tortrix undulana (Hübner, 1799)

Tortrix ramosana (Hübner, 1799)

Phalaena bifasciana (Donovan, 1801)

Sarrothripus stonius (Curtis, 1829)

Sarrothripa russiana (Duponchel, 1845)

Subrita bilineatella (Walker, 1866)

Sarrothripa fusculana (Schmid, 1886)

Plotheia diplographa (Hampson, 1905)

Common name

Oak Nycteoline

Classification

Superfamily: Noctuoidea > Family: Nolidae > Subfamily: Chloephorinae > Genus: Nycteola

Wingspan

20-26 mm

Habitat

Sparse clumps of trees on farmland, mixed and deciduous forests, and roadsides in urban areas.

Food plant

The polyphagous larva feeds on the leaves of various plants, i.e. Fagaceae (Quercus ilex, Quercus robur), Salicaceae (Salix, Populus), etc.

Flight period
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Links

Lepidoptera and their Ecology

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