''Cryphia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s 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 othe ...

. The genus was erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1818.

Description

Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax with slight tufts behind collar. Abdomen with slight dorsal tufts, and longer than the hindwing. Larva with four pairs of abdominal

proleg A proleg is a small, fleshy, stub structure found on the ventral surface of the abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on other larval insects such as sawflies and a few other types of i ...

Species

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Cryphia albipuncta ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910) * ''

Cryphia algae ''Cryphia algae'', the tree-lichen beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Mediterranean parts of Europe and the Near East. Technical description and variation ''M ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – tree-lichen beauty * ''

Cryphia amasina ''Cryphia amasina'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Near East and Middle East to Turkmenistan and the Arabian Peninsula. In the Levant there are fragmented populations in Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Adults are on wing ...

'' (Draudt, 1931) * ''

Cryphia amseli ''Cryphia amseli'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is probably endemic to the arid part of the Jordan Rift Valley. It is known only from the type locality: Israel, Jericho Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) i ...

'' Boursin, 1952 * ''

Cryphia amygdalina ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' Boursin, 1963 * ''

Cryphia cuerva ''Cryphia cuerva'', the cryphia moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engrav ...

'' (Barnes, 1907) * ''

Cryphia domestica The marbled beauty (''Cryphia domestica'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is an abundant species throughout most of Europe east to the Urals, and it is probably the ...

'' (Hufnagel, 1766) – marbled beauty * ''

Cryphia ereptricula ''Cryphia ereptricula'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of central and southern Europe, from Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that t ...

'' (Treitschke, 1825) * ''

Cryphia fascia ''Cryphia fascia'' is a species of moth in 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 becaus ...

'' (Smith,

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Cryphia flavidior ''Cryphia flavidior'' is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). It was first described by William Barnes William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911) * ''

Cryphia flavipuncta ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' Mustelin, 2006 * ''

Cryphia fraudatricula ''Cryphia fraudatricula'' is a species of moth belonging to 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 ...

'' (Hübner,

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Cryphia gea ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' Boursin, 1954 * ''

Cryphia labecula ''Cryphia labecula'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Lebanon mountain range the adjacent southern part of Turkey and Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is probably one genera ...

'' (Lederer, 1855) * ''

Cryphia merhaba ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' Hacker & Fibiger, 2006 * ''

Cryphia moeonis ''Cryphia moeonis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Near East and Middle East, mainly in steppes and semi-deserts. In the Levant it is found in Jordan and Israel. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one g ...

'' (Lederer, 1865) * ''

Cryphia muralis The marbled green (''Cryphia muralis'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was species description, first described by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1771. It is found in Europe. Its wings are white with several shades of green. However, ...

'' (Forster, 1771) – marbled green * ''

Cryphia nana ''Cryphia nana'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and invent ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911) * ''

Cryphia oaklandiae ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911) * ''

Cryphia ochsi ''Cryphia ochsi'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Central and Eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin. In the Levant it has been recorded from Lebanon and Israel. Adults are on wing from May to August. There is one gen ...

'' (Boursin, 1940) * ''

Cryphia olivacea ''Cryphia olivacea'' 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 ...

'' (Smith, 1891) * ''

Cryphia orthogramma ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' Boursin, 1954 * ''

Cryphia pallidioides ''Cryphia pallidioides'' is a species of moth in 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 ...

'' Poole, 1989 * ''

Cryphia paulina ''Cryphia paulina'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in eastern Arabia, Israel, Jordan and the Sinai in Egypt. Adults are on wing from April to May. There is probably one generation per year. The larvae probably feed on lich ...

'' (Staudinger, 1892) * ''

Cryphia petrea ''Cryphia petrea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Spain through North Africa to the Near East and Middle East. In the Levant it is found in Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Adults are on wing in August in Israel. There i ...

'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''

Cryphia petricolor ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' (Lederer, 1869) * ''

Cryphia postochrea ''Cryphia postochrea'' 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 ...

'' (Hampson, 1893) * ''

Cryphia raptricula ''Cryphia raptricula'', the marbled gray, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found over the Palearctic from the Atlantic Ocean to Central Asia, the Ru ...

'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – marbled gray * ''

Cryphia ravula ''Bryophila ravula'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe. The larvae probably feed on lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filamen ...

'' (Hübner,

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Cryphia receptricula ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' (Hübner,

* ''

Cryphia rectilinea ''Cryphia rectilinea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Balkans, Italy, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel. Life cycle Adults have a flight period from May to September. There is one generation per year. The larvae probably ...

'' (Warren, 1909) * ''

Cryphia sarepta ''Cryphia sarepta'' is a species of moth in 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 becau ...

'' (Barnes, 1907) * ''

Cryphia seladonia ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' (Christoph, 1885) * ''

Cryphia simulatricula ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''

Cryphia strobinoi ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' Dujardin, 1972 * ''

Cryphia tephrocharis ''Cryphia tephrocharis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Turkey and the Balkans. In the Levant recorded from Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Adults are on wing from May to August. There is one generation per year. The larva ...

'' Boursin, 1954 * ''

Cryphia vandalusiae ''Cryphia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax wi ...

'' (Duponchel, 1842)

Former species

* ''Cryphia viridata'' is now ''

Bryolymnia viridata ''Bryolymnia viridata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Leon F. Harvey Leon F. Harvey (October 20, 1837 – November 19, 1912) was an American entomologist, physician, and dentist. He was a founding member of the Buffal ...

'' (Harvey, 1876)

References

* * Hacker, H. & Fibiger, M. (2006). "Updated list of Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae (s.l.), and Hyblaeidae species of Yemen, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000, with comments and descriptions of species." ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' 12: 75-166. * * Pekarsky, O., & Ronkay, L. (2010). "Subfamily Bryophilinae Guenée. The ''Bryophila raptricula'' species-complex. in: Fibiger, M., Ronkay, L., Yela, J.L. & Zilli, A. (2010): Rivulinae – Phytometrinae, and Micronoctuidae, including Supplement to Noctuidae Europaeae, vols 1-11. Noctuidae Europaeae, volume 12." – Entomological Press, Sorø, 504 pp. + 13 colour plates. * Pekarsky, O., Volynkin, A., & Matov, A. (2014). "A new species of ''Bryophila'' Treitschke, 1825 from Mongolia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Bryophilinae)." ''Zootaxa'' 3856 (1): 143–148. * Pekarsky, O. (2014). "A new species of ''Bryoleuca'' Treitschke, 1825 from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Bryophilinae)." ''Fibigeriana Supplement'': Volume 2. 171–176 pp. color plate 298 p. Bryophilinae {{Bryophilinae-stub