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Armada nilotica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1912. It is found in the northern Sinai, Egypt and the Negev.

Armada nilotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Armada
Species:	A. nilotica
Binomial name
Armada nilotica A. Bang-Haas, 1912

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

The larvae feed on Heliotropium luteum and Heliotropium arabense

External links

• Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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