Autophila libanotica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1901. It is found from Turkey to Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan Iran, northern Greece, Lebanon and Israel.

Autophila libanotica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Autophila
Species:
A. libanotica
Binomial name
Autophila libanotica
(Staudinger, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Apopestes dilucida libanotica
  • Autophila osthelderi libnopsis

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

Subspecies

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  • Autophila libanotica libanotica
  • Autophila libanotica osthelderi
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