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Adscita
Sign in to saveAdscita 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.
Species
Green Forester Moth
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyZygaenidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Zygaenidae
- Collections
- YPM, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Italy, Israel, France
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Selected species
- [[Etymology]]
- References
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.
==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)
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