Clytie syriaca, Crete - photo © https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70145445

Clytie syriaca, Crete - photo © https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70145445

Clytie syriaca (Bugnion, 1837)

MOTH INFO

Clytie syriaca is a moth of the family Erebidae on the island of Crete, Greece.

Scientific name

Clytie syriaca (Bugnion, 1837)

Ophiusa syriaca (Bugnion, 1837)

Ophiusa gentilitia (Freyer, 1848)

Clytie syrdaja (Hampson, 1913)

Common name

Classification

Superfamily: Noctuoidea > Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Catocalinae > Tribus: Ophiusini > Genus: Clytie

Wingspan

42-50 mm

Habitat

Coastal areas, wetlands and road sides.

Food plant

The larva is monophagous on Tamaricaceae (Tamarix) and feeds on the leaves.

Flight period
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Links

Lepiforum e. V.

Lepidoptera and their Ecology

Lepidoptera Mundi

Plant Parasites of Europe

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