Clytie delunaris is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Central Asia, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Iran and Israel.

Clytie delunaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Clytie
Species:
C. delunaris
Binomial name
Clytie delunaris
(Staudinger, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Clytie luteonigra
  • Clytie delunaria
  • Pseudophia sublunaris var. delunaris

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae probably feed on Tamarix species.

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  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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