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Rhabdophera arefacta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Swinhoe in 1884. The species is found in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Iraq.

Rhabdophera arefacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Rhabdophera
Species:	R. arefacta
Binomial name
Rhabdophera arefacta Swinhoe, 1884
Synonyms
Rhabdophera messrae Staudinger, 1897

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from March to November.

The larvae feed on Prosopis stephaniana.

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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