Adscita geryon
Appearance
Cistus forester | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Adscita |
Species: | A. geryon
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Binomial name | |
Adscita geryon | |
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Adscita geryon, the cistus forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, east to Turkey. It is also present in Great Britain.[2]
The wingspan is 20–25 mm.[3] Adults are on wing in July in one generation per year.[4] The larvae can be found from July to May of the following year.
Subspecies[edit]
- Adscita geryon geryon (from the Iberian Peninsula and Britain to European Russia, the Crimea and Turkey)
- Adscita geryon acutafibra Verity, 1946
- Adscita geryon orientalis (Alberti, 1938)
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Specimen
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Illustration
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Adscita geryon mating (video, 1m 55s)
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Figs. 3, 3a larvae after last moult
References[edit]
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Hans-Josef Weidemann, Jochen Köhler: Nachtfalter, Spinner und Schwärmer, S. 476ff, Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-89440-128-1
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-28.