Lithophasia venosula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1892. It is probably endemic of the Levant. Thus far it has only been recorded from Lebanon and the forests near Mount Meron in Israel.

Lithophasia venosula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lithophasia
Species:
L. venosula
Binomial name
Lithophasia venosula

Adults are on wing in October. There is probably one generation per year.

External links edit

  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.