Cardepia sociabilis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Morocco to Chad through southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula to India.

Cardepia sociabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cardepia
Species:	C. sociabilis
Binomial name
Cardepia sociabilis (Graslin, 1850)
Synonyms
Hadena sociabilis Graslin, 1850 Discestra pedrosai Monteiro, 1972 Mamestra afra Bethune-Baker, 1894 Discestra sociabilis

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

The larvae feed on various halophilous plants.

Subspecies

• Cardepia sociabilis socialis
• Cardepia sociabilis deserticola (Syria)
• Cardepia sociabilis mauretanica (Algeria)
• Cardepia sociabilis canescens
• Cardepia sociabilis rajasthana

References

External links

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