Synthymia
| Synthymia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Synthymia Hübner, 1823 |
| Species: | S. fixa |
| Binomial name | |
| Synthymia fixa (Fabricius, 1787) | |
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Synthymia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. It contains only one species, Synthymia fixa, The Goldwing, which is found in southern Europe and North Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 37–40 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July.[2] There is one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on the flowers of Psoralea bituminosa.[4]
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