Stygia australis

Stygia australis
	"Lepidoptera," Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 471, Fig. 18.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Stygia
Species:	S. australis
Binomial name
	Stygia australis; Latreille, 1804
Synonyms
	Bombyx terebellum Hübner, [1808]; Chimaera leucomelas Ochsenheimer, 1808; Stygia australis var. rosina Staudinger, 1894;

Stygia australis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.[1]

The larvae feed on the roots of Echium species.[2]

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