Biology:Brahmaea tancrei

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Short description: Species of moth

Siberian owl moth
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brahmaeidae
Genus: Brahmaea
Species:
B. tancrei
Binomial name
Brahmaea tancrei
Austaut, 1896

Brahmaea tancrei, the Siberian owl moth, is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Jules Léon Austaut in 1896. It is found from Russia (Amur, Siberia and in the Russian Far East[1]) to Korea and China and south to Indonesia.

Adults are on wing in April, probably in one generation per year.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare.[2]

References

  1. Volodymyr Izerskyy (1999). Бомбикоидные чешуекрылые и хохлатки Сибири и Дальнего Востока.. Kiev.: Gnozis. ISBN 966-7569-07-1. 
  2. silkmoths

Wikidata ☰ Q15659298 entry