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Cryptocala chardinyi is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Altai Mountains, from the Sayan Mountains to the Amur region, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and China.

Cryptocala chardinyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cryptocala
Species:	C. chardinyi
Binomial name
Cryptocala chardinyi (Boisduval, 1829)
Synonyms
Rhyncagrotis chardinyi Anarta chardinyi Boisduval, 1829 Cryptocala hetaera Eversmann, 1837 Cryptocala fuchsii Wendlandt, 1901 Cryptocala chardinyi f. brunnea Zöllner, 1920 Cryptocala chardinyi f. albida Zöllner, 1920 Cryptocala chardinyi f. melanos Zöllner, 1920 Cryptocala chardinyi f. rubra Zöllner, 1920 Cryptocala chardinyi f. babylonica von Schultz, 1921 Cryptocala chardinyi f. weissi du Bois, 1924

The wingspan is 25–30 mm. Adults are on wing from the second half of June to the first half of August.

The larvae probably feed on Rumex species.

External links

• Swedish Moths
• Fauna Europaea

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