Lygephila lusoria
Lygephila lusoria is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[1] It is found in southern Europe, the Near East and Middle East, European south-eastern Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey and Israel.
Female Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae
Male Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Lygephila |
| Species: | L. lusoria |
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There are two generations per year depending on the location. Adults are on wing from May to September.
The larvae feed on Vicia and Astragalus species.
Subspecies
- Lygephila lusoria lusoria
- Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae (Rambur, 1866) (Spain)
Lygephila amasina and Lygephila subpicata were previously treated as subspecies of Lygephila lusoria.
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus 1758)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e.V. (in German)
- Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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