Clytie sancta
| Clytie sancta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Clytie |
| Species: | C. sancta
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| Binomial name | |
| Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1898)
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Clytie sancta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1898. It is found in the deserts of North Africa, from the central parts of the Sahara to the Arabian Peninsula.
There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Tamarix species.
External links[edit]
- Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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