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Gnamptonyx innexa

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Gnamptonyx innexa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Gnamptonyx
Species:
G. innexa
Binomial name
Gnamptonyx innexa
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Homoptera vilis
  • Alamis rufomixta

Gnamptonyx innexa is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. The species is found from Morocco to the Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and western India.

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing in February, June and October in Israel.

The larvae probably feed on Acacia species.

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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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