Biology:Tathorhynchus exsiccata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Tathorhynchus |
| Species: | T. exsiccata
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| Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
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Tathorhynchus exsiccata, the Levant blackneck or double-spotted snout, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Julius Lederer in 1855. The nominate form is found on the Canary Islands and in North Africa, tropical Asia and tropical Africa. It has been introduced in Dominica and Argentina . Subspecies Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax is found in the northern half of Australia , as well as Norfolk Island and New Zealand.
Technical description and variation
T. exsiccata Led. (= vinctalis Walk.) Forewing whitish, thickly suffused with grey brown, darker towards termen; the orbicular and reniform stigmata marked by pale spots separated by a black dash; another beyond reniform; outer line pale preceded by black marks; a terminal row of black lunules; hindwing greyish white, darker terminally. [1]The wingspan is about 40 mm.[2]
Subspecies
- Tathorhynchus exsiccata exsiccata
- Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax
Biology
The larvae of the nominate form feed on Indigofera tinctoria, Medicago sativa and Spartium junceum. The larvae of Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax probably feed on Medicago sativa.
References
- ↑ Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (8 October 2018). "Tathorhynchus fallax Swinhoe, 1902 Double-spotted Snout". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/fallax.html. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
External links
- Kimber, Ian. "72.065 BF2296 Levant Blackneck Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)". https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tathorhynchus-exsiccata/. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- Lepiforum e.V. (in German)
- Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel". Russian Entomological Journal 13 (3): 175–186. https://web.archive.org/web/20110819122444/http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q15743239 entry
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