Clytie arenosa
| Clytie arenosa | |
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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: | Clytie |
| Species: | C. arenosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Clytie arenosa Rothschild, 1913
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Clytie arenosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1913. The nominate form is found in the deserts of North Africa. Subspecies Clytie arenosa nabataea is found in Israel (in oases in the Jordan Rift Valley)
There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from April to June.
The larvae probably feed on Tamarix species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Clytie arenosa arenosa
- Clytie arenosa nabataea
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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