Heteropalpia profesta

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Heteropalpia profesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Heteropalpia
Species:
H. profesta
Binomial name
Heteropalpia profesta
(Christoph, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Heteropalpia sacra

Heteropalpia profesta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. It is found in the Near East, the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan and the Arabian Peninsula.

There probably are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from March to November.

The larvae possibly feed on Acacia species.

Subspecies

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  • Heteropalpia profesta profesta
  • Heteropalpia profesta sacra (Israel)
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