| Radford's flame shoulder | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ochropleura |
| Species: | O. leucogaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)
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Ochropleura leucogaster, or Radford's flame shoulder, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1831. It is found near the Mediterranean Sea, southern Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, North Africa and southern Africa as well as on some islands of the Indian Ocean.[1] It is believed to be extinct in Great Britain unlike O. plecta.
The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May depending on the location. There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, Scrophulariaceae, Balsaminaceae and Ericaceae[1]
- ^ a b De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 28, 2018.