Coscinia bifasciata
| Coscinia bifasciata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Coscinia |
| Species: | C. bifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Coscinia bifasciata (Rambur, 1832) | |
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Coscinia bifasciata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Rambur in 1832. It is found on Corsica and Sardinia.[1]
Adults are on wing from June to August in one or two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Calluna, Erica, Vaccinium, Genista, Taraxacum and Plantago species.[3] The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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