''Cardepia sociabilis'' is a species of
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. It is found from
Morocco to
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
through southern
Europe,
Turkey,
Israel,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, the
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
to
India.
Adults are on wing from March to November. There are multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on various
halophilous plants.
Subspecies
*''Cardepia sociabilis socialis''
*''Cardepia sociabilis deserticola'' (Syria)
*''Cardepia sociabilis mauretanica'' (Algeria)
*''Cardepia sociabilis canescens''
*''Cardepia sociabilis rajasthana''
References
External links
Lepiforum.de
Hadenini
Moths of Europe
Moths of Africa
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1850
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