Phalera bucephaloides

Phalera bucephaloides is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is found in Europe, south of Tyrol, Hungary and the Balkans.

Phalera bucephaloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Phalera
Species:	P. bucephaloides
Binomial name
Phalera bucephaloides (Ochsenheimer, 1810)

The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The moths are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on Quercus species and Arbutus unedo.

Subspecies

• P. b. bucephaloides
• P. b. syriaca

Sources

• P.-C. Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• "Phalera bucephaloides (Ochsenheimer, 1810)". Lepidoptera and their Ecology.
• "08752 Phalera bucephaloides (Ochsenheimer, 1810) - Östlicher Mondfleck, Östlicher Mondvogel". Lepiforum e.V.