| Parahypopta caestrum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Parahypopta |
| Species: | P. caestrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Parahypopta caestrum (Hübner, 1804) | |
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Parahypopta caestrum is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in France, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, on the Balkan Peninsula, [1] as well as in Jordan, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, south-western Russia and Kazakhstan. [2]
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The wingspan is 28–40 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed on Asparagus officinalis , Asparagus maritime , Asparagus tenuifolis , Asparagus albus , Asparagus acutifolis, and Celtis australis .
