Tathorhynchus exsiccata

Tathorhynchus exsiccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Tathorhynchus
Species: T. exsiccata
Binomial name
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
(Lederer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Tathorhyncus fallax
  • Spintherops exsiccata
  • Scopula vinctalis
  • Scopula exsiccatus
  • Platysenta angustiorata
  • Platysenta exsiccatus
  • Tathorhyncus greuteri
  • Tathorhynchus exsiccatus
  • Tarthorhynchus exsiccata
  • Lygephila exsiccata

Tathorhynchus exsiccata, the Levant blackneck, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The nominate form is found on the Canary Islands and in North Africa, Tropical Asia and Tropical Africa. It has been introduced in Dominica and Argentina. Subspecies Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax is found in the northern half of Australia, as well as Norfolk Island and New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.[1]

The larvae of the nominate form feed on Indigofera tinctoria, Medicago sativa and Spartium junceum. The larvae of Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax probably feed on Medicago sativa.

Subspecies

  • Tathorhynchus exsiccata exsiccata
  • Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax

References

  1. ↑ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (August 14, 2008). "Tathorhynchus fallax". uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2009-01-22.


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