''Lygephila lusoria'' is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The species was
first described by
Carl Linnaeus in his 1758
10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.
It is found in southern Europe, the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
and
Middle East, European south-eastern
Russia, the
Caucasus,
Turkey and
Israel.
There are two generations per year depending on the location. Adults are on wing from May to September.
The larvae feed on ''
Vicia'' and ''
Astragalus'' species.
Subspecies
*''Lygephila lusoria lusoria''
*''Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae''
(Rambur, 1866) (Spain)
''
Lygephila amasina
''Lygephila amasina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1878. It is found in Turkey, Lebanon and Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of ...
'' and ''
Lygephila subpicata
''Lygephila subpicata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Wiltshire in 1971. It is found in northern and western Iran.
Adults differ from the sister species ''Lygephila pallida'' in the length and shape of ...
'' were previously treated as subspecies of ''Lygephila lusoria''.
References
External links
''Fauna Europaea''''Lepiforum e.V.''
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Toxocampina
Moths described in 1758
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths of the Middle East
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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