Lemonia vallantini is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in Lemoniidae).[1] It is found in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Lemonia vallantini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Brahmaeidae |
Genus: | Lemonia |
Species: | L. vallantini
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Binomial name | |
Lemonia vallantini Oberthür, 1890
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The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The moth flies from October to January depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.
Sources
edit- ^ Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
- P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).