Stygia australis | |
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"Lepidoptera," Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 471, Fig. 18. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Stygia |
Species: | S. australis
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Binomial name | |
Stygia australis
Latreille, 1804
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Synonyms | |
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Stygia australis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. [1] "This species is common in Southern Europe. It expands about an inch. The head and thorax are brownish-yellow, and so are the antennae. The abdomen is elongated, blue-black in colour with a small anal tuft. The fore-wings are narrow, brownish in the male, with greyish-white markings, and the hind-wings are rounded, blue-black, with a large white spot in the centre. In the female the fore-wings are reddish-yellow, varied with brownish, and the hind-wings are coloured as in the male. The larva, which is smooth and whitish, with the head and thoracic segments yellowish, lives in the roots and stalks of Echium italicum". [2] Now it is very little known.
The larvae feed on the roots of Echium italicum. [3] in hot places.
Stygia australis | |
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"Lepidoptera," Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 471, Fig. 18. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Stygia |
Species: | S. australis
|
Binomial name | |
Stygia australis
Latreille, 1804
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Synonyms | |
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Stygia australis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. [1] "This species is common in Southern Europe. It expands about an inch. The head and thorax are brownish-yellow, and so are the antennae. The abdomen is elongated, blue-black in colour with a small anal tuft. The fore-wings are narrow, brownish in the male, with greyish-white markings, and the hind-wings are rounded, blue-black, with a large white spot in the centre. In the female the fore-wings are reddish-yellow, varied with brownish, and the hind-wings are coloured as in the male. The larva, which is smooth and whitish, with the head and thoracic segments yellowish, lives in the roots and stalks of Echium italicum". [2] Now it is very little known.
The larvae feed on the roots of Echium italicum. [3] in hot places.