Kingdom Animalia Family Drepanidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Genus Asphalia Rank Species | |
Similar Butterflies and moths, Cymatophorima diluta, Tethea ocularis, Ochropacha duplaris, Tetheella fluctuosa | ||
Asphalia ruficollis is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Asia Minor.
Adults are on wing from February to April in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus species. Larvae can be found from April to the beginning of June. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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