Clytie delunaris

Clytie delunaris is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Central Asia, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Iran and Israel.

Clytie delunaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Clytie
Species:
C. delunaris
Binomial name
Clytie delunaris
(Staudinger, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Clytie luteonigra
  • Clytie delunaria
  • Pseudophia sublunaris var. delunaris

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae probably feed on Tamarix species.

  • 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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