Clytie infrequens

Clytie infrequens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1884. It is found in eremic (desert) areas from the eastern Sahara through the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan and India.

Clytie infrequens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Clytie
Species:
C. infrequens
Binomial name
Clytie infrequens
(C. Swinhoe, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Clytie benenotata
  • Clytie infrequens moses

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Tamarix species.

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