Adscita geryon

Cistus forester
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Adscita
Species:	A. geryon
Binomial name
Adscita geryon (Hübner, 1813) [1]
Synonyms
Sphinx geryonHubner, 1813 Procris geryon Adscita geryon chrysocephalaNickerl, 1845 Adscita geryon r. aerisVerity, 1946 Adscita geryon parisiensisLeraut, 2012

Adscita geryon, the cistus forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, east to Turkey. It is also present in Great Britain. ^[2]

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. ^[3] Adults are on wing in July in one generation per year. ^[4] The larvae can be found from July to May of the following year.

Subspecies

• Adscita geryon geryon (from the Iberian Peninsula and Britain to European Russia, the Crimea and Turkey)
• Adscita geryon acutafibraVerity, 1946
• Adscita geryon orientalis(Alberti, 1938)

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  Specimen
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  Illustration
• Adscita geryon mating (video, 1m 55s)
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  Figs. 3, 3a larvae after last moult

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Hans-Josef Weidemann, Jochen Köhler: Nachtfalter, Spinner und Schwärmer, S. 476ff, Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN   3-89440-128-1
3. UKmoths
4. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-28.

Bibliography

• Šašić, Martina; Nahirnić, Ana; Tarmann, Gerhard M. (2016-12-31). "Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in the Lepidoptera collections of the Croatian Natural History Museum". Natura Croatica: Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici. 25 (2): 233–248. doi:10.20302/NC.2016.25.19. eISSN   1848-7386.