Clytie syriaca

Clytie syriaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Clytie
Species: C. syriaca
Binomial name
Clytie syriaca
(Bugnion, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa syriaca
  • Ophiusa gentilitia
  • Clytie syrdaja
  • Clytie syriaca suppura

Clytie syriaca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found along the coastal regions of the Mediterranean Basin, from the Balkans to Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Israel.

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in April, May and September.

The larvae feed on Tamarix nilotica, Tamarix gallica and Tamarix ramosissima.



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