Adscita albanica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Zygaenidae
Genus
Adscita
Species
Adscita albanica
Scientific Name
Adscita albanica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Adscita albanica

Adscita albanica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It has a disjunct distribution, which included south-eastern France, Switzerland (Kanton Wallis), in Italy, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, the southern part of European Russia and the Caucasus.

The length of the forewings is 9.5–12.0 mm (0.37–0.47 in) for males and 8.5–11.5 mm (0.33–0.45 in) for females. Adults are on wing from the end of May (Crimea) to mid June (Albania and Switzerland). They feed on the flower nectar of Geranium species.

The larvae feed on Geranium sanguineum.

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Adscita albanica in languages:

German
Östliches Storchschnabel-Grünwidderchen
German
Storchschnabel-Grünwidderchen

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Adscita albanica
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