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Lygephila lusoria

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Lygephila lusoria
Lygephila lusoria lusoria female
Lygephila lusoria lusoria male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lygephila
Species:
L. lusoria
Binomial name
Lygephila lusoria
Synonyms
  • Phalaena lusoria Linnaeus 1758
  • Ophiusa orobi Duponchel, 1842
  • Ophiusa sublutea Warren, 1913

Lygephila lusoria is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Southern Europe, the Near East and Middle East, European south-eastern Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey and Israel.

Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae female
Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae male

There are two generations per year depending on the location. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on Vicia and Astragalus species.

Subspecies

  • Lygephila lusoria lusoria
  • Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae (Rambur, 1866) (Spain)

Lygephila amasina and Lygephila subpicata were previously treated as subspecies of Lygephila lusoria.

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