Evergestis desertalis

Evergestis desertalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Evergestis[1]
Species: E. desertalis
Binomial name
Evergestis desertalis
(Hubner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis desertalis Hubner, 1813
  • Botys vandalusialis Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Noctuelia avicennae Tams, 1925

Evergestis desertalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine (Crimea), South-Eastern Russia,[2] on Sicily, Malta and Crete,[3] Arabia[1] and North Africa, including Algeria[4] and Tunisia.[5]

The wingspan is about 27 mm.[6] There are two or more generations per year with adults on wing from May to October.

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  2. ↑ V.V. Zolotuhin, 2005. On new and little-known pyralid moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Pyraustidae) from the Lower and Middle Volga Region. // Eversmannia 3-4: 3-17.
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Evergestis at funet
  5. ↑ BOLD Systems
  6. ↑ lepiforum.eu


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