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Reed Leopard

Phragmataecia castaneae

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Cossidae

Phragmataecia castaneae, the reed leopard or giant borer, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1790. It is found in central and southern Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, north-western Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, India, Lebanon, Turkey, western China, south-western Siberia, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 1,584Germany · 458France · 148Switzerland · 54Italy · 44Spain · 14United Kingdom · 10Belgium · 4