Brahmaea tancrei

Siberian owl moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brahmaeidae
Genus: Brahmaea
Species:
B. tancrei
Binomial name
Brahmaea tancrei
Austaut, 1896

Brahmaea tancrei, the Siberian owl moth, is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Jules Léon Austaut in 1896. It is found from Russia (Amur, Siberia and in the Russian Far East[1]) to Korea and China and south to Indonesia.

Adults are on wing in April, probably in one generation per year.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare.[2]

References

  1. ^ Volodymyr Izerskyy (1999). Бомбикоидные чешуекрылые и хохлатки Сибири и Дальнего Востока [Brachmaeidae lepidopterous insects of Siberia and the Far Eas]. Kiev.: Gnozis. ISBN 966-7569-07-1.
  2. ^ silkmoths


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