Stygia australis

Stygia australis
	"Lepidoptera," Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 471, Fig. 18.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Stygia
Species:	S. australis
Binomial name
	Stygia australis; Latreille, 1804
Synonyms
	Bombyx terebellum Hübner, [1808]; Chimaera leucomelas Ochsenheimer, 1808; Stygia australis var. rosina Staudinger, 1894;

Stygia australis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.^[1] "This species is common in Southern Europe. It expands about an inch. The head and thorax are brownish-yellow, and so are the antennae. The abdomen is elongated, blue-black in colour with a small anal tuft. The fore-wings are narrow, brownish in the male, with greyish-white markings, and the hind-wings are rounded, blue-black, with a large white spot in the centre. In the female the fore-wings are reddish-yellow, varied with brownish, and the hind-wings are coloured as in the male. The larva, which is smooth and whitish, with the head and thoracic segments yellowish, lives in the roots and stalks of Echium italicum".^[2] Now it is very little known.

The larvae feed on the roots of Echium italicum.^[3] in hot places.

as terebellum in Hübner, [1808] Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge
as australis in Kirby, 1897
in Villiers (Adrien-Prudent de), 1827.- Note sur trois Lépidoptères....

References[edit]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ William Forsell Kirby A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera Series: Lloyd's Natural history London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français

Villiers (Adrien-Prudent de), 1827.- Note sur trois Lépidoptères inédits ou peu connus de la France méridionale. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris, 5 : 471-485, 1 pl. grav. (3 fig.). online
Daniel (Franz), 1955.- Monographie der Cossidae I. (Lep. Het.) : Kritische Beurteilung der bisher dem Genus Stygia zugeteilten Arten. Mitteilungen der münchner entomologischen Gesellschaft, München, 44 - 45 : 159 - 181. online
Guilloton (Jean-Alain), 2019.- Une heureuse capture à Saint-Martin-de-Crau (Bouches-du-Rhône) : Stygia australis (Latreille, 1803) (Lepidoptera Cossidae). Alexanor, 29 (1), 2019 : 31 - 49.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] William Forsell Kirby A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera Series: Lloyd's Natural history London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français

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