Craniophora pontica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the southern Balkans through the Near East and parts of the Middle East to Afghanistan. In the Levant it has been recorded from Lebanon and Israel.

Craniophora pontica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Craniophora
Species:	C. pontica
Binomial name
Craniophora pontica (Staudinger, 1879)
Synonyms
Acronycta pontica Staudinger, 1879

Adults are on wing from April to May and in September. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus species.

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