# Tarachephia

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| display_parents = 2
| parent_authority = [Hampson](/source/George_Hampson), 1926
| taxon = Tarachephia hueberi
| authority = ([Erschoff](/source/Nikolay_Grigoryevich_Erschoff), 1874)
| synonyms = *''Acontia hueberi'' <small>Erschoff, 1874</small>
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'''''Tarachephia''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [moth](/source/moth) genus of the family [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae) erected by [George Hampson](/source/George_Hampson) in 1926.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=September 23, 2017 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acontiinae/tarachephia/ |title=''Tarachephia'' Hampson, 1926 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref> Its only species, '''''Tarachephia hueberi''''', was [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff](/source/Nikolay_Grigoryevich_Erschoff) in 1874. It is found in [Turkestan](/source/Turkestan).<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=September 23, 2017  |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acontiinae/tarachephia/#hueberi |title=''Tarachephia hueberi'' (Erschoff, 1874) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> It is found in [Syria](/source/Syria), [Iraq](/source/Iraq), [Iran](/source/Iran), the [Transcaspian Region](/source/Transcaspian_Region), [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan), [Turkmenistan](/source/Turkmenistan), [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan) and [Israel](/source/Israel).

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from March to May.

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{cite journal |first1=V. D. |last1=Kravchenko |first2=G. |last2=Müller |first3=O. B. |last3=Orlova |first4=V. N. |last4=Seplyarskaya |date=2004 |url=http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819122444/http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-19 |title=The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=175–186 |via=Internet Archive}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190936/http://www.ppis.moag.gov.il/ppis/insect_gallery/images/NOCTUIDAE/Catocalinae2006/images/59T.hueberi.jpg Image]. Archived March 4, 2016.

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Category:Monotypic moth genera
Category:Armadini
Category:Lepidoptera of Turkey
Category:Moths of the Middle East
Category:Taxa named by George Hampson

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