Rhagades amasina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Rhagades |
Species: | R. amasina |
Binomial name | |
Rhagades amasina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)[1] |
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Rhagades amasina is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is known from 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.