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Calliergis ramosa

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Calliergis ramosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Calliergis
Species:
C. ramosa
Binomial name
Calliergis ramosa
(Esper, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Callierges ramosa
  • Bombyx ramosa Esper, 1786
  • Lithocampa ramosa (Esper, 1786)

Calliergis ramosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1786. It is found in central and southern Europe, from France north to the Netherlands, east to Poland, south through eastern Europe to Greece.

The larvae feed on Lonicera species.

Drawing of the caterpillar (fourfold enlarged) on Lonicera xylosteum
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