Tarachephia
Genus of moths
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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.
| Tarachephia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Tribe: | Armadini |
| Genus: | Tarachephia Hampson, 1926 |
| Species: | T. hueberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarachephia hueberi (Erschoff, 1874) | |
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There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from March to May.
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