Bryophila ravula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe.

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Bryophila ravula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Bryophila
Species:	B. ravula
Binomial name
Bryophila ravula (Hübner, [1813])
Synonyms
Noctua ravula Hübner, [1813] Cryphia ravula Noctua lupula Hübner, [1813] Bryophila troglodyta Freyer, 1832 Bryophila ravula var. grisescens Oberthür, 1918 Cryphia ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952 Cryphia ravala ravulatra Aubert, 1953

The larvae probably feed on lichen.

Subspecies

• Bryophila ravula ravula (Belgium and Germany to Spain, Sicily, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria and from France to Ukraine)
• Bryophila ravula grisescens Oberthur, 1918 (Iberian Peninsula)
• Bryophila ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952 (Iberian Peninsula)

External links

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• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum.de

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