Beralade obliquata is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1830.[1][2] It is found from Morocco to Egypt and Sudan.
Beralade obliquata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lasiocampidae |
Genus: | Beralade |
Species: | B. obliquata
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Binomial name | |
Beralade obliquata (Klug, 1830)
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The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The moths are on wing from February to April and from April to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on Acacia raddiana.
Subspecies
edit- P. b. candens
- P. b. bouillonae
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Beralade Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- ^ "Beralade Walker, 1855". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).