Cilix_asiatica

<i>Cilix asiatica</i>

Cilix asiatica

Species of hook-tip moth

Cilix asiatica is a species of moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1907. It is found in Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece (including Crete),[1] the eastern parts of Turkey, Israel and Lebanon.[2] The habitat consists of xerothermic woodland.

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Adults are on wing from mid-April to early October. There are two to three generations per year.

The larvae are polyphagous on a variety of Rosaceae species, including Jasminum and Rubus tomentosus, Prunus, Crataegus and Malus species. Larvae can be found from May to the end of October.[3]

Taxonomy

Cilix depalpata was previously treated as a synonym of Cilix asiatica, but was reinstated as a valid species in 2006.

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  1. [1]
    Fauna Europaea
  2. [2]
    The Drepanoidea of Israel: Distribution, Phenology and Ecology (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae and Drepanidae), with description of a new species
  3. [3]
    Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie


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