Condica viscosa

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Condica viscosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Condica
Species:
C. viscosa
Binomial name
Condica viscosa
(Freyer, 1831)
Synonyms
List
  • Mythimna viscosaFreyer, 1831
  • Hadjina viscosa
  • Platysenta viscosa
  • Hadjina viscosa inamoenaWarren, 1914
  • Hadjina indelicataTurati, 1934
  • Condica europaeaParenzan, 1980

Condica viscosa is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1831. It is found from southern Europe [1] and North Africa [2] to Arabia and the southern parts of western Asia (including Asia Minor, Israel and Iran). The habitat consists of lowland areas near the coast, including dry slopes, road side verges, dry river beds or fallow land. [3]

The wingspan is 25–29 mm.Warren (1914) states H. viscosa Frr. (= implexa Tr.) (47 b). Forewing dull greyish redbrown; the lines and edges of the stigmata marked indistinctly by a few pale scales; hindwing reddish brown, darker in the female. Recorded from Spain, Sicily, and the Canary Islands, and from Syria. [4] Adults are on wing from May to June and in October. [5]

The larvae feed on Inula viscosa , [6] Pluchea discoroides and Pulicaria glutinosa . [7]

Subspecies

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References

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  2. Savela, Markku. "Condica viscosa (Freyer, 1831)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. Lepidoptera and their ecology
  4. Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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  6. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
  7. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Condica viscosa (Freyer, 1831)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.