Standfussiana lucernea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 95-97

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scientific name	Standfussiana lucernea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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17. Standfussiana lucernea (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

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Material: 4 specimens. Mt. Hermon , 2000 m a.s.l., vi.2010, V. Kravchenko & G. Müller .

Distribution: Mediterranean–Iranian, oromontane: Central and South Europe and the Middle East. In the Levant the species has been recorded from Lebanon ( Fibiger 1990).

Habitat and phenology: In Spain, these moths dwell in open, rocky areas up to 3000 m; in northern Europe, also on rocky coasts (Fibiger 1993); in Israel, this is an alpine species. In Europe the moths are flying from June to September, being most common in July (Fibiger 1993).

Host plants: Campanula spp. ( Campanulaceae ), Sedum spp. ( Crassulaceae ), Saxifraga spp. ( Saxifragaceae ), Chamaenerium spp. ( Onagraceae ), Primula veris

( Primulaceae ), Stellaria media ( Caryophyllaceae ), Cerastium spp. ( Caryophyllaceae ) and Artemisia spp. ( Asteraceae ) (Fibiger 1993).