''Armada panaceorum'' is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

first described by

Édouard Ménétries Édouard Ménétries (Paris, France, 2 October 1802 – St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, 10 April 1861) was a French entomologist, zoologist, and herpetologist. He is best known as the founder of the Russian Entomological Society. Ménétries w ...

in 1848. It is found in the arid parts of North Africa, the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

and the Middle East, Kazakhstan, eastern Afghanistan, Mongolia, Tibet and south-eastern Turkey. There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from March to April. The larvae feed on ''

Arnebia decumbens ''Arnebia decumbens'' (Ventenat) Cosson & Kralik is a plant in the family Boraginaceae native to Europe and much of central and southeastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either conside ...

'', '' Lappula ceratophora'' and '' Heterocaryum rigidum''

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Armadini Insects of Turkey Moths of the Middle East {{Acontiinae-stub