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Cilix asiatica
Cilix asiatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Cilix
Species:	C. asiatica
Binomial name
Cilix asiatica O. Bang-Haas, 1907
Synonyms
Cilix glaucata var. asiatica A. Bang-Haas, 1907

Cilix asiatica is a species of moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1907. It is found in Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece (including Crete), the eastern parts of Turkey, Israel and Lebanon. The habitat consists of xerothermic woodland.

Adults are on wing from mid-April to early October. There are two to three generations per year.

The larvae are polyphagous on a variety of Rosaceae species, including Jasminum and Rubus tomentosus, Prunus, Crataegus and Malus species. Larvae can be found from May to the end of October.

Taxonomy

Cilix depalpata was previously treated as a synonym of Cilix asiatica, but was reinstated as a valid species in 2006.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. The Drepanoidea of Israel: Distribution, Phenology and Ecology (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae and Drepanidae), with description of a new species
3. Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie

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