Lygephila lusoria explained

Lygephila lusoria is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.^[1] It is found in southern Europe, the Near East 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 and Lygephila subpicata were previously treated as subspecies of Lygephila lusoria.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum e.V.
• V. D. . Kravchenko . G. . Müller . O. B. . Orlova . V. N. . Seplyarskaya . 2004 . The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819122444/http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf . dead . 2011-08-19 . Russian Entomological Journal . 13 . 3 . 175–186 . Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yu . Dicky Sick Ki . Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus 1758) . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070758/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86007645 . March 4, 2016.