Adscita geryon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Adscita |
| Species: | A. geryon
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| Binomial name | |
| Adscita geryon | |
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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.[2]
The wingspan is 20–25 mm.[3] Adults are on wing in July in one generation per year. They feed on the nectar of Gymnadenia species.[4]
The larvae feed on Helianthemum nummularium. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a number of fleck mines. The opening of the mine is a slit at the side. The mines contain little or no frass. Older larvae live free on the plant.[5] 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)
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Hans-Josef Weidemann, Jochen Köhler: Nachtfalter, Spinner und Schwärmer, S. 476ff, Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-89440-128-1
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ Eyjolf Aistleitner, Die Widderchen oder Bluts tropfchen Vorarlbergs, Austria occ., Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österr. Entomologen, 42. Jg, 1990
- ^ bladmineerders.nl
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