Rhagades amasina

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Rhagades amasina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Rhagades
Species:
R. amasina
Binomial name
Rhagades amasina
Synonyms
  • Procris amasina Herrich-Schaffer, 1851

Rhagades amasina is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from Bulgaria (Sakar),[2] Greece (Kos and Rhodes), Turkey, northern Syria and Lebanon.

The length of the forewings is 9–10.5 mm for males and 8.5–9.5 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Prunus and Crataegus species. They skeletonise the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes in place in a white cocoon.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Nahirnić, Ana; Toshova, Teodora; Beshkov, Stoyan (May 2021). "New Data for the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Sakar Mountain, Bulgaria". ResearchGate. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  • C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3