Stygia australis

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Stygia australis
"Lepidoptera," Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 471, Fig. 18.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Stygia
Species:
S. australis
Binomial name
Stygia australis
Latreille, 1804
Synonyms
  • Bombyx terebellum Hübner, [1808]
  • Chimaera leucomelas Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Stygia australis var. rosina Staudinger, 1894

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.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. William Forsell Kirby A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera Series: Lloyd's Natural history London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français
  • Villiers (Adrien-Prudent de), 1827.- Note sur trois Lépidoptères inédits ou peu connus de la France méridionale. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris, 5 : 471-485, 1 pl. grav. (3 fig.). online
  • Daniel (Franz), 1955.- Monographie der Cossidae I. (Lep. Het.) : Kritische Beurteilung der bisher dem Genus Stygia zugeteilten Arten. Mitteilungen der münchner entomologischen Gesellschaft, München, 44 - 45 : 159 - 181. online
  • Guilloton (Jean-Alain), 2019.- Une heureuse capture à Saint-Martin-de-Crau (Bouches-du-Rhône) : Stygia australis (Latreille, 1803) (Lepidoptera Cossidae). Alexanor, 29 (1), 2019 : 31 - 49.

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