Stygia australis

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Stygia australis
EB1911 Lepidoptera - Stygia australis.jpg
"Lepidoptera," Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 471, Fig. 18.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Stygia
Species:
S. australis
Binomial name
Stygia australis
Latreille, 1804
Synonyms
  • Bombyx terebellumHübner, [1808]
  • Chimaera leucomelasOchsenheimer, 1808
  • Stygia australis var. rosinaStaudinger, 1894

Stygia australis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. [1] "This species is common in Southern Europe. It expands about an inch. The head and thorax are brownish-yellow, and so are the antennae. The abdomen is elongated, blue-black in colour with a small anal tuft. The fore-wings are narrow, brownish in the male, with greyish-white markings, and the hind-wings are rounded, blue-black, with a large white spot in the centre. In the female the fore-wings are reddish-yellow, varied with brownish, and the hind-wings are coloured as in the male. The larva, which is smooth and whitish, with the head and thoracic segments yellowish, lives in the roots and stalks of Echium italicum". [2] Now it is very little known.

The larvae feed on the roots of Echium italicum . [3] in hot places.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. William Forsell Kirby A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera Series: Lloyd's Natural history London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français