Spaelotis senna iranica (Draudt, 1938)

Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Poltavsky, Alexander N. & Müller, Günter C., 2018, Addendum to the Israeli Noctuoidea fauna (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Erebidae, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 48 (1), pp. 89-98 : 95

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1473586
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scientific name	Spaelotis senna iranica (Draudt, 1938)
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16. Spaelotis senna iranica (Draudt, 1938) View in CoL

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Material: 1 specimen. Mt. Hermon , 2000 m a.s.l., vi. 2010, V. Kravchenko & G. Müller .

Distribution: Spaelotis senna (Freyer, 1829) is Mediterranean–Iranian oromontane species and is known from Morocco, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Greece, Albania, Turkey, Iran (Elburz Mts), Armenia and Azerbaijan ( Aliev 1984). In Lebanon, Iran and Turkey, it is represented by the subspecies S. s. iranica. In Lebanon, the subspecies is recorded in Bsharri at 1900–2000 m ( Hacker 2001).

Habitat and phenology: In Europe, moths dwell in open, rocky areas at altitudes up to 2550 m (Fibiger 1993); in Israel, it is an alpine species. In Europe, it flies from late June to mid-September.

Host plants: In Europe, the larvae feed on Artemisia spp. ( Asteraceae ) (Fibiger 1993).