Adscita | |
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Adscita species, male | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Subfamily: | Procridinae |
Genus: | Adscita Retzius, 1783 |
Synonyms | |
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Adscita is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths.
Zygaena is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. These brightly coloured, day-flying moths are native to the West Palearctic.
Catoptria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Procridinae is a subfamily of the family Zygaenidae.
Rhagades is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae. The genus was erected by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1863.
Jordanita is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.
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Kessleria is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae.
Chamaesphecia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Adscita albanica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It has a disjunct distribution, which included south-eastern France, Switzerland, in Italy, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, the southern part of European Russia and the Caucasus.
Ancylosis is a genus of snout moth. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839, and is known from South Africa, Uzbekistan, Spain, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, Russia, Israel, Palestine, Tinos, Australia, Seychelles, Afghanistan, the United States, Iraq, Namibia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sarepta, Argentina, Sri Lanka, and Aden.
Euzophera is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1867.
Artona is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.
Adscita obscura is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece, as well as in Turkey, Iran, Russia, Transcaucasia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt.
Adscita mannii is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Slovenia and the Balkan Peninsula. The range extends to north-western Turkey.