Tarachephia

Tarachephia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Acontiinae
Genus:	Tarachephia; Hampson, 1926
Species:	T. hueberi
Binomial name
	Tarachephia hueberi; (Erschoff, 1874)
Synonyms
	Acontia hueberi Erschoff, 1874;

Tarachephia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1926.^[1] Its only species, Tarachephia hueberi, was first described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1874. It is found in Turkestan.^[2] It is found in Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Transcaspian Region, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Israel.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from March to May.

References

^ Savela, Markku (September 23, 2017). "Tarachephia Hampson, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
^ Savela, Markku (September 23, 2017). "Tarachephia hueberi (Erschoff, 1874)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 3, 2019.

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.
Image. Archived March 4, 2016.

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