Cryphia petrea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Spain through North Africa to the Near East and Middle East. In the Levant it is found in Lebanon, Jordan and Israel.

Cryphia petrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cryphia
Species:	C. petrea
Binomial name
Cryphia petrea (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Bryophila petrea Guenée, 1852 Bryophila contristans Lederer, 1857 Bryophila petrea var. hoerhammeri Schawerda, 1927 Bryophila petrea f. ramosana Draudt, 1931 Bryophila petrea f. transversa Draudt, 1931

Adults are on wing in August in Israel. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on lichen.

Subspecies

• Cryphia petrea petrea
• Cryphia petrea contristans (Lebanon, Jordan, Israel)

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Bryophila petrea.

• Bryophila (Moureia) petrea Guenée, 1852 on Fauna Europaea
• Bryophila petrea Guenée, 1852 on Lepiforum.de

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