Rhabdophera arefacta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1884. The species is found in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Iraq.

Rhabdophera arefacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Rhabdophera
Species:
R. arefacta
Binomial name
Rhabdophera arefacta
Swinhoe, 1884
Synonyms
  • Rhabdophera messrae Staudinger, 1897

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from March to November.

The larvae feed on Prosopis stephaniana.

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  • 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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