Adscita capitalis

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Adscita capitalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Adscita
Species:
A. capitalis
Binomial name
Adscita capitalis
(Staudinger, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ino capitalisStaudinger, 1879

Adscita capitalis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in North Macedonia, Greece (including Samos) and Turkey.

The length of the forewings is 9.5–11.4 mm for males and 9.4–10.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae mainly feed on Helianthemum canum , but have also been recorded feeding on Helianthemum grandifloris , Helianthemum georgicum and Helianthemum nummularium . The first three instars mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a gallery on H. georgicum, while they only feed on the parenchyma of the leaves when feeding on H. nummularium.

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