Evergestis caesialis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece,[1] Iran and North Africa, including Morocco.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Evergestis |
| Species: | E. caesialis
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| Evergestis caesialis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1849)
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The wingspan is 19–24 mm. In Europe, adults are on wing in August and in Morocco from mid-June to the end of July.
Subspecies
edit- Evergestis caesialis caesialis
- Evergestis caesialis comealis Amsel, 1961 (Iran)
- Evergestis caesialis mellealis Zerny, 1936 (North Africa)
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-21.