Bryophila ravula

Bryophila ravula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Bryophila
Species:	B. ravula
Binomial name
	Bryophila ravula; (Hübner, [1813])
Synonyms
	Noctua ravula Hübner, [1813]; Cryphia ravula; Noctua lupula Hübner, [1813]; Bryophila troglodyta Freyer, 1832; Bryophila ravula var. grisescens Oberthür, 1918; Cryphia ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952; Cryphia ravala ravulatra Aubert, 1953;

Bryophila ravula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe.

The larvae probably feed on lichen.

Subspecies

Bryophila ravula ravula (Belgium and Germany to Spain, Sicily, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria and from France to Ukraine)
Bryophila ravula grisescens Oberthur, 1918 (Iberian Peninsula)
Bryophila ravula ereptriculoides Boursin, 1952 (Iberian Peninsula)

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