Bryophila ravula
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Bryophila ravula is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in southern and central Europe
.
The larvae probably feed on lichen
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in southern and central Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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The larvae probably feed on lichen
Lichen
Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
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Subspecies
- Bryophila ravula ravula (Belgium and Germany to Spain, Sicily, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria and from France to Ukraine)
- Bryophila ravula grisescens Oberthur, 1918 (Iberian Peninsula)
- Bryophila ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952 (Iberian Peninsula)