Cryphia petrea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Spain through North Africa to the Near East and Middle East. In the Levant it is found in Lebanon, Jordan 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: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Cryphia |
| Species: | C. petrea
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryphia petrea (Guenée, 1852)
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Adults are on wing in August in Israel. There is one generation per year.
The larvae probably feed on lichen.
Subspecies
edit- Cryphia petrea petrea
- Cryphia petrea contristans (Lebanon, Jordan, Israel)
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Bryophila petrea.
- Bryophila (Moureia) petrea Guenée, 1852 on Fauna Europaea
- Bryophila petrea Guenée, 1852 on Lepiforum.de
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