Amphipyra stix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Amphipyra |
Species: | A. stix |
Binomial name | |
Amphipyra stix Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 [1] | |
Amphipyra stix is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula and in Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Armenia and Israel.
The wingspan is 29–35 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). He was chairman of the Regensburg Botanical Society from 1861 to 1871, and was awarded an honorary citizenship of Regensburg in 1871.
Amphipyra is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae, the only genus in the tribe Amphipyrini.
Eupithecia veratraria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1848. It is found from the mountainous areas of Europe and Asia up to Japan.