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Armada nilotica

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Armada nilotica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Armada
Species:
A. nilotica
Binomial name
Armada nilotica

Armada nilotica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1912. It is found in the northern Sinai, Egypt and the Negev.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from March to May.

The larvae feed on Heliotropium luteum and Heliotropium arabense

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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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