Clytie infrequens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1884. It is found in eremic (desert) areas from the eastern Sahara through the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan and India.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Clytie |
Species: | C. infrequens
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Binomial name | |
Clytie infrequens (C. Swinhoe, 1884)
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There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Tamarix species.
External links
edit- 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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