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Lemonia vallantini

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Lemonia vallantini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brahmaeidae
Genus: Lemonia
Species:
L. vallantini
Binomial name
Lemonia vallantini
Oberthür, 1890

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.

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The moth flies from October to January depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.

Sources

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  1. ^ 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).