Heliothis nubigera
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The Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) is a species of moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in all kind of arid areas in the Palaearctic ecozone. It is found in all the Levant
countries.
The wingspan
is 35-40 mm. Adults are on wing year round. There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae are polyphagous on various wild herbaceous plants. Recorded food plants include Zygophyllum
, Echinops
, Lonicera, Atriplex halimus
, Retama raetam, Suaeda asphaltica and Zygophyllum dumosum.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in all kind of arid areas in the Palaearctic ecozone. It is found in all the Levant
Levant
The Levant or ) is the geographic region and culture zone of the "eastern Mediterranean littoral between Anatolia and Egypt" . The Levant includes most of modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and sometimes parts of Turkey and Iraq, and corresponds roughly to the...
countries.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 35-40 mm. Adults are on wing year round. There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae are polyphagous on various wild herbaceous plants. Recorded food plants include Zygophyllum
Zygophyllum
Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ζυγόν , meaning "yoke," and φυλλον , meaning "leaf." It refers to the leaves, each of which have two leaflets...
, Echinops
Echinops
Echinops is a genus of about 120 species of thistles in the daisy family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa.Species include:...
, Lonicera, Atriplex halimus
Atriplex halimus
Atriplex halimus is a species of fodder shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to Europe and Northern Africa, including the Sahara in Morocco....
, Retama raetam, Suaeda asphaltica and Zygophyllum dumosum.