Adscita geryon

Cistus forester
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Adscita
Species:
A. geryon
Binomial name
Adscita geryon
(Hübner, 1813)
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.

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. Adults are on wing in July in one generation per year. 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
  • Illustration
  • Adscita geryon mating (video, 1m 55s)
  • Figs. 3, 3a larvae after last moult

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Adscita geryon.
  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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