Pardoxia graellsii
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Pardoxia |
| Species: | P. graellsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837) | |
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Pardoxia graellsii, the yellow drab, is a moth species in the family Nolidae first described by Joachim François Philibert Feisthamel in 1837.[1] It was described from Spain, and is found in Southern Europe France, Spain, but has been described from Eurasia such as Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, plus continental Africa such as Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and islands Cape Verde, Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, plus further, such as China, India, Myanmar.[2][3]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Althaea officinalis, Lavatera olbia and Gossypium species.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (September 23, 2019). "Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Pardoxia graellsi (Feisthamel, 1837)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
External links
- 10453 "Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)". Lepiforum e. V. Retrieved August 3, 2020. (in German)