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Crypsotidia maculifera is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1898. The species is found in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Cyprus and Israel.[1]

Crypsotidia maculifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Crypsotidia
Species:	C. maculifera
Binomial name
Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
Synonyms
Hydrilla maculifera Staudinger, 1898 Crypsotidia conifera Hampson, 1913 Crypsotidia maculata Tams, 1926

There is one generation per year depending on the location. Adults are on wing from March to August depending on the location.

References

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External links

• Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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