Adscita geryon

Cistus forester
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Adscita
Species:
A. geryon
Binomial name
Adscita geryon
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx geryon Hubner, 1813
  • Procris geryon
  • Adscita geryon chrysocephala Nickerl, 1845
  • Adscita geryon r. aeris Verity, 1946
  • Adscita geryon parisiensis Leraut, 2012

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

  • 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)
  • Specimen
    Specimen
  • Illustration
    Illustration
  • Adscita geryon mating (video, 1m 55s)
  • Figs. 3, 3a larvae after last moult
    Figs. 3, 3a larvae after last moult

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Hans-Josef Weidemann, Jochen Köhler: Nachtfalter, Spinner und Schwärmer, S. 476ff, Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-89440-128-1
  3. ^ UKmoths
  4. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-28.


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