Rhagades amasina

Rhagades amasina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Rhagades
Species: R. amasina
Binomial name
Rhagades amasina
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Procris amasina Herrich-Schaffer, 1851

Rhagades amasina is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is known from Greece (Kos and Rhodes), Turkey, northern Syria and Lebanon.

The length of the forewings is 9-10.5 mm for males and 8.5-9.5 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Prunus and Crataegus species. They skeletonise the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes in place in a white cocoon.

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