Levant Blackneck

Tathorhynchus exsiccata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Tathorhynchus is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1894. Its only species, Tathorhynchus exsiccata, the Levant blackneck or double-spotted snout, was first described by Julius Lederer in 1855. The nominate form is found on the Canary Islands and in North Africa, tropical Asia and tropical Africa.

Distribution

Levant Blackneck — (c) Rose Zappa, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rose Zappa · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Spain · 18Italy · 15France · 2United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

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Levant Blackneck

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