Adscita geryon

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Cistus forester
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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. They feed on the nectar of Gymnadenia species. [4] The warm habitat is dry grasslands and alpine meadows up to an altitude of 2,400 meters.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum nummularium . Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a number of fleck mines. The opening of the mine is a slit at the side. The mines contain little or no frass. Older larvae live free on the plant. [5] The larvae can be found from July to May of the following year.

Subspecies

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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. Eyjolf Aistleitner, Die Widderchen oder Bluts tropfchen Vorarlbergs, Austria occ., Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österr. Entomologen, 42. Jg, 1990
  5. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-28.