Adscita

Adscita
	Adscita species, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Subfamily:	Procridinae
Genus:	Adscita; Retzius, 1783
Synonyms
	Procris Fabricius, 1807; Ino Leach, [1815];

Adscita is a palaearctic genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae, raised by the Swedish entomologist, Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783. The larvae feed on Cistaceae, Compositae, Globulariaceae and Polygonaceae.^[1]

Selected species

Subgenus Procriterna Efetov & Tarmann, 2004
- Adscita amaura (Staudinger, 1887)
- Adscita pligori Efetov, 2012
- Adscita subdolosa (Staudinger, 1887)
- Adscita subtristis (Staudinger, 1887)
Subgenus Adscita Retzius, 1783
- Adscita albanica (Naufock, 1926)
- Adscita alpina (Alberti, 1937)
- Adscita bolivari (Agenjo, 1937)
- Adscita capitalis (Staudinger, 1879)
- Adscita dujardini Efetov & Tarmann, 2014
- Adscita geryon (Hübner, [1813])
- Adscita italica (Alberti, 1937)
- Adscita jordani (Naufock, 1921)
- Adscita krymensis Efetov, 1994
- Adscita mannii (Lederer, 1853)
- Adscita mauretanica (Naufock, 1932)
- Adscita obscura (Zeller, 1847)
- Adscita schmidti (Naufock, 1933)
- Adscita statices – green forester (Linnaeus, 1758)

Etymology

Adscita from adscitus, meaning adopted or enrolled was originally a Carl Linnaeus name. Linnaeus divided the hawk-moths into four groups, three of which he called the true hawk-moths and the fourth, ″a group of seven hangers-on, in default of a better position″. In 1783 Retzius was the first to use Adscita as a genus and he kept two of these moths in the Adscita, i.e. statices and filipendulae (which was later assigned to Zygaena. Of the two synonyms for Adscita; the Danish zoologist, Fabricius erected Procris as a genus in 1807. Procris was the daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Cephalus.^[2] A second synonyom is Ino.^{[clarification needed]}

References

^ Tremewan, W G (1985). Emmet, A Maitland; Heath, John (eds.). Zygaenidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 74–78. ISBN 0-946589-19-4.
^ Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-946589-35-6.

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[mbgbi2-1] Tremewan, W G (1985). Emmet, A Maitland; Heath, John (eds.). Zygaenidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 74–78. ISBN 0-946589-19-4.

[2] Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-946589-35-6.

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