Tarachephia Explained

Tarachephia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1926.^[1] Its only species, Tarachephia hueberi, was first described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1874. It is found in Turkestan.^[2] It is found in Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Transcaspian Region, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Israel.

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

External links

• V. D. . Kravchenko . G. . Müller . O. B. . Orlova . V. N. . Seplyarskaya . 2004 . The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819122444/http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf . dead . 2011-08-19 . Russian Entomological Journal . 13 . 3 . 175–186 . Internet Archive.
• Image. Archived March 4, 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . September 23, 2017 . Tarachephia Hampson, 1926 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 18, 2019.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . September 23, 2017 . Tarachephia hueberi (Erschoff, 1874) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 3, 2019.