Rhagades amasina
| 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.
References
- C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3