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Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/ Noctuinae (subfamily)/ Caradrinini (tribe)/ Caradrina (genus)/ Paradrina (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Scopoli, 1763)
Citation:	Phalaena Clavipalpis
Original genus:	Phalaena
Publication:	Scopoli I. A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates methodo Linnaeana.
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Pagination:	213–214
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24678089

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Caradrina clavipalpis (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	Syntype	unknown		Syntypes, probably destroyed (see W. Horn & I. Kahle 1936: 252).	Slovenia	[Slovenia, Kranjska], Carniolia.	Horn W. & Kahle I. 1935–1937. Über entomologische Sammlungen, Entomologen & Entomo-Museologie. page 213–214

Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Pakistan; Palaearctic: Algeria, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Europe, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Morocco, Russia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	Algeria	Hoggar and Tassili	Speidel W. & Hassler M. 1989. Die Schmetterlingsfauna der südlichen algerischen Sahara und ihrer Hochgebirge Hoggar und Tassili n'Ajjer (Lepidoptera). page 91
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	Cabo Verde	Fogo	Traub B. & Bauer E. 1983. Die Eulenfalter der Kapveredischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 62 (as fogoensis)
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	Kuwait		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 46
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	Saudi Arabia		Hacker H. H. 2004a. Revision of the genus Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1816, with notes on other genera of the tribus Caradrini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 399
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	South Africa		Walker F. 1857a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part X.– Noctuidae. page 295 (as pulverosa)
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	Sudan		Wiltshire E. P. 1977a. Middle East Lepidoptera XXXIV. More new species of Noctuidae (Lep.) from Africa and Arabia, with further records of Lepidoptera from the Sudan. page 132
Caradrina clavipalpis fogoensis Traub & Bauer, 1983	Cabo Verde	Fogo	Traub B. & Bauer E. 1983. Die Eulenfalter der Kapveredischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 62

Plant note:

The caterpillar eats wittered Acacia leaves which are used in birds' nests (C. Dumont 1930a: 693–694).

Dumont C. 1930a. Note biologique sur Pericyma acrosticta Püng. (Lep. Catocalinae).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)	Vachellia tortilis	Fabaceae	Tunisia	Dumont C. 1930a. Note biologique sur Pericyma acrosticta Püng. (Lep. Catocalinae). page 693

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Caradrina clavipalpis fogoensis Traub & Bauer, 1983	Traub & Bauer, 1983	subspecies	Accepted	Caradrina clavipalpis fogoensis

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Caradrina avicula Krulikovsky, 1909	Krulikovsky, 1909	species	Synonym	Caradrina avicula
Caradrina clavipalpus Janse, 1938	Janse, 1938	species	Misapplied	Caradrina clavipalpus
Caradrina cubicularis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	species	Synonym	Noctua cubicularis
Caradrina grisea (Hufnagel, 1766)	(Hufnagel, 1766)	species	Synonym	Phalaena grisea
Caradrina leucoptera (Thunberg, 1791)	(Thunberg, 1791)	species	Synonym	Noctua leucoptera
Caradrina mauretanica (Draudt, 1934)	(Draudt, 1934)	species	Synonym	Athetis mauretanica
Caradrina milleri (Schultz, 1862)	(Schultz, 1862)	species	Synonym	Noctua milleri
Caradrina pulverosa Walker, 1857	Walker, 1857	species	Synonym	Caradrina pulverosa
Caradrina quadripunctata (Fabricius, 1775)	(Fabricius, 1775)	species	Synonym	Noctua quadripunctata