Teinoptera gafsana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Theodore Blachier in 1905.[1] It is found from Morocco through all north-western Africa to Libya. It is also found in the central Arabian deserts, Iraq and Israel.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Teinoptera |
| Species: | T. gafsana
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| Teinoptera gafsana (Blachier, 1905)
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Adults are on wing from February to April. There is one generation per year.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (October 3, 2019). "Teinoptera gafsana (Blachier, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- 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.
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