Caradrina africarabica (Plante, 1997)
| FAMILY | Noctuidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Xyleninae |
| GENUS | Caradrina |
| SPECIES | africarabica |
| AUTHOR | (Plante, 1997) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Platyperigea africarabica n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | United Arab Emirates, near Masafi, 550-600 m, 01-05.iv.1989, leg. A. Legrain. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide J. Plante 1615♂, type no MHNG ENTO 9287♂ (see B. Landry et al. 2019: 7), MHNG; Paratype 1♂, genitalia slide J. Plante 1620♂, coll. Plante. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Caradrina by H. Hacker (2004a: 140). |
| PUBLICATION | Plante J. 1997. Quatre espèces nouvelles de Caradrininae d'Arabie (Lepidoptera Noctuidae Caradrininae). - Alexanor 20(2):75-80. |
| PAGINATION | 76, figs 3-4, 10 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Oman | Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. - In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. - — 2:480—660. | 625 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Plante J. 1997. Quatre espèces nouvelles de Caradrininae d'Arabie (Lepidoptera Noctuidae Caradrininae). - Alexanor 20(2):75-80. | 76 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Plante J. 1997. Quatre espèces nouvelles de Caradrininae d'Arabie (Lepidoptera Noctuidae Caradrininae). - Alexanor 20(2):75-80. | 76 | |
| Yemen | Hacker H. H. 2004a. Revision of the genus Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1816, with notes on other genera of the tribus Caradrini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Esperiana 10:7-690, pls 1-27. | 138 |
Host Plants
Unknown
