Euclasta varii
| Euclasta varii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Euclasta |
| Species: | E. varii |
| Binomial name | |
| Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Euclasta varii is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. The species is found in Spain,[1] Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Yemen.[2]
In southern Europe and in the Maghreb countries, there are two generations per year with adults on wing from May/June to August/October.[3]
The larvae feed on Periploca laevigata.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums: Euclasta Varii". www.lepiforum.de. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ↑ A leaf feeding moth, Euclasta whalleyi (Lep.: Pyralidae) for the biological control of Cryptostegia grandiflora (Asclepiadaceae) in Queensland, Australia[link removed]
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