Adscita

Adscita
Adscita species, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Procridinae
Genus: Adscita
Retzius, 1783
Synonyms
  • Procris Fabricius, 1807
  • Ino Leach, [1815]

Adscita is a palaearctic genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae, raised by the Swedish entomologist, Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783. The larvae feed on Cistaceae, Compositae, Globulariaceae and Polygonaceae.

Selected species

Etymology

Adscita from adscitus, meaning adopted or enrolled was originally a Carl Linnaeus name. Linnaeus divided the hawk-moths into four groups, three of which he called the true hawk-moths and the fourth, ″a group of seven hangers-on, in default of a better position″. In 1783 Retzius was the first to use Adscita as a genus and he kept two of these moths in the Adscita, i.e. statices and filipendulae (which was later assigned to Zygaena. Of the two synonyms for Adscita; the Danish zoologist, Fabricius erected Procris as a genus in 1807. Procris was the daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Cephalus. A second synonyom is Ino.[clarification needed]

References

  1. ↑ Tremewan, W G (1985). Emmet, A Maitland; Heath, John (eds.). Zygaenidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 74–78. ISBN 0-946589-19-4.
  2. ↑ Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-946589-35-6.