Adscita geryon explained

Adscita geryon, the cistus forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, east to Turkey. It is also present in Great Britain.^[1]

The wingspan is 20–25 mm.^[2] Adults are on wing in July in one generation per year.^[3] The larvae can be found from July to May of the following year.

Subspecies

• Adscita geryon geryon (from the Iberian Peninsula and Britain to European Russia, the Crimea and Turkey)
• Adscita geryon acutafibra Verity, 1946
• Adscita geryon orientalis (Alberti, 1938)

Notes and References

1. Hans-Josef Weidemann, Jochen Köhler: Nachtfalter, Spinner und Schwärmer, S. 476ff, Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1996,
2. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=164 UKmoths
3. Web site: bladmineerders.nl . 2012-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054310/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/adscita/geryon/geryon.htm . 2016-03-04 . dead .