Cerocala sana

Cerocala sana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1901. It is found in North Africa, Iran, Iraq, Bahrain and Israel.

Cerocala sana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Cerocala
Species:
C. sana
Binomial name
Cerocala sana
Synonyms
  • Cerocala perorsorum
  • Cerocala rothscihldi
  • Cerocala fulgens
  • Cerocala turatii
  • Cerocala perorsorum autumnalis
  • Cerocala perorsorum ab. fulgens
  • Cerocala scapulosa var. sana
  • Cerocala scapulosa albifusa
  • Cerocala rothschildi (Turati, 1924)

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing from October to April.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum kahiricum and Helianthemum lipii.

  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186 – via Internet Archive.
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