Phalera bucephaloides is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is found in Europe, south of Tyrol, Hungary and the Balkans.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Phalera |
| Species: | P. bucephaloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalera bucephaloides (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
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The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The moths are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on Quercus species and Arbutus unedo.
Subspecies edit
- P. b. bucephaloides
- P. b. syriaca
Sources edit
- P.-C. Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).
External links edit
Wikispecies has information related to Phalera.
- Fauna Europaea
- "Phalera bucephaloides (Ochsenheimer, 1810)". Lepidoptera and their Ecology.
- "08752 Phalera bucephaloides (Ochsenheimer, 1810) - Östlicher Mondfleck, Östlicher Mondvogel". Lepiforum e.V.