Adscita obscura

Adscita obscura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Adscita
Species:
A. obscura
Binomial name
Adscita obscura
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Procris obscura Zeller, 1847

Adscita obscura is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece,[1] as well as in Turkey, Iran, Russia,[2] Transcaucasia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt.

The larvae possibly feed on Helianthemum species.[3]

Subspecies

  • Adscita obscura obscura
  • Adscita obscura balcanica Staudinger 1862

References

Wikispecies has information related to Adscita obscura.
  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ BOLD Systems
  3. ^ Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Zygaenidenfauna der Insel Rhodos (Lepidoptera)


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