Cilix asiatica

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

Cilix asiatica
Cilix asiatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Cilix
Species:
C. asiatica
Binomial name
Cilix asiatica
Synonyms
  • Cilix glaucata var. asiatica A. Bang-Haas, 1907

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.

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


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