Adscita geryon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Zygaenidae
- Genus
- Adscita
- Species
- Adscita geryon
- Scientific Name
- Adscita geryon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Adscita geryon
Adscita geryon, the cistus forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, east to Turkey. It is also present in Great Britain. It was first described by the German entomologist Jacob Hübner in 1813.
The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The larvae can be found from July to May of the following year.
...Adscita geryon in languages:
- Czech
- zelenáček devaterníkový
- Dutch
- Kleine metaalvlinder
- English
- Cistus Forester
- English
- Cistus Forester Moth
- French
- Procris de l'Hélianthème
- French
- Turquoise des Hélianthèmes
- German
- Sonnenröschen-Grünwidderchen
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