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Anarta mendax is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the south-eastern Balkans, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon and Transcaucasia.

Anarta mendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Anarta
Species:	A. mendax
Binomial name
Anarta mendax (Staudinger, 1879)
Synonyms
Hadula mendax (Staudinger, 1879) Calocestra mendax Staudinger, 1879

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

Subspecies

• Anarta mendax mendax
• Anarta mendax occidentalis
• Anarta mendax phoenicica

References

External links

• Hadeninae of Israel

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