Cleonymia yvanii

Cleonymia yvanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cleonymia
Species: C. yvanii
Binomial name
Cleonymia yvanii
(Duponchel, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Xylina yvanii Duponchel, 1833
  • Cleophana mauretaniae Rothschild, 1920

Cleonymia yvanii is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Portugal, north-eastern Spain, southern France and north-eastern Italy.

The wingspan is 18–25 mm. Adults are variable in colour, ranging from ochre to greyish-brown. Adults are on wing from the end of April to mid July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum species. They can be found in late summer. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cleonymia yvanii.
Wikispecies has information related to: Cleonymia yvanii

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, August 15, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.