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Chersotis laeta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in number of isolated populations from Greece to the Caucasus, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel and Syria.

Chersotis laeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Chersotis
Species:	C. laeta
Binomial name
Chersotis laeta (Rebel, 1904)
Synonyms
Agrotis fimbriola var. laeta Rebel, 1904

Adults are on wing from June to July. There is one generation per year.

Subspecies

• Chersotis laeta laeta (western Turkey, southern Turkey, Lebanon, Syria)
• Chersotis laeta euxina (Pontic Mountains, Caucasus, Armenia, Elburz)
• Chersotis laeta leonhardi (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (Macedonia), Greek Macedonia)
• Chersotis laeta achaiana (Greece)
• Chersotis laeta cretica (Crete)

External links

• Noctuinae of Israel

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