Adscita geryon

Adscita geryon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Adscita
Species: A. geryon
Binomial name
Adscita geryon
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx geryon Hubner, 1813
  • Procris geryon
  • Adscita geryon chrysocephala Nickerl, 1845
  • Adscita geryon r. aeris Verity, 1946
  • Adscita geryon parisiensis Leraut, 2012

The Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon) is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in southern and central Europe, east to Turkey. It is also present in Great Britain.[2]

Adscita geryon mating (Video, 1m 55s)

The wingspan is 20–25 mm.[3] Adults are on wing in July in one generation per year. They feed on the nectar of Gymnadenia species.[4]

The larvae feed on Helianthemum nummularium. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a number of fleck mines. The opening of the mine is a slit at the side. The mines contain little or no frass. Older larvae live free on the plant.[5] The larvae can be found from July to May of the following year.

Subspecies

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Hans-Josef Weidemann, Jochen Köhler: Nachtfalter, Spinner und Schwärmer, S. 476ff, Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-89440-128-1
  3. UKmoths
  4. Eyjolf AISTLEITNER, Die Widderchen oder Bluts tropfchen Vorarlbergs, Austria occ., Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österr. Entomologen, 42. Jg, 1990
  5. bladmineerders.nl
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