Cryphia Moeonis
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''Cryphia moeonis'' 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 ...
. It is found in 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 Middle East, mainly in
steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the temperate grasslands, ...
s and semi-deserts. In the Levant it is found in Jordan and Israel. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year. The larvae probably feed on
lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.The Acronictinae, Bryophilinae, Hypenodinae and Hypeninae of Israel
Cryphia Moths of the Middle East Moths described in 1865 {{Bryophilinae-stub