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Pyrrhia treitschkei

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Pyrrhia treitschkei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Pyrrhia
Species:
P. treitschkei
Binomial name
Pyrrhia treitschkei
(Frivaldszky, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Periphanes treitschkei Frivaldsky, 1835
  • Heliothis treitschkii Frivaldszky , 1835
  • Calocharia treitschkii Frivaldszky , 1835
  • Philareta treitschkei Frivaldszky, 1835

Pyrrhia treitschkei is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Turkey, the Caucasus, the Balkans, Iran and the Levant (only recorded from Lebanon and Israel.

Adults are on wing from May to June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria peregrina.

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