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Clytie syriaca

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Species of moth

Clytie syriaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Clytie
Species: C. syriaca
Binomial name
Clytie syriaca
(Bugnion, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa syriaca
  • Ophiusa gentilitia
  • Clytie syrdaja
  • Clytie syriaca suppura

Clytie syriaca is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles-Juste Bugnion in 1837. It is found along the coastal regions of the Mediterranean Basin, from the Balkans to Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Israel.

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in April, May and September.

The larvae feed on Tamarix nilotica, Tamarix gallica and Tamarix ramosissima.

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Taxon identifiers
Clytie syriaca


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