Cardepia sociabilis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Morocco to Chad through southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula to India.
| Cardepia sociabilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Cardepia |
| Species: | C. sociabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardepia sociabilis (Graslin, 1850) | |
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Adults are on wing from March to November. There are multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on various halophilous plants.
Subspecies
- Cardepia sociabilis socialis
- Cardepia sociabilis deserticola (Syria)
- Cardepia sociabilis mauretanica (Algeria)
- Cardepia sociabilis canescens
- Cardepia sociabilis rajasthana
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