| Siberian owl moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Brahmaeidae |
| Genus: | Brahmaea |
| Species: | B. tancrei |
| Binomial name | |
| Brahmaea tancrei Austaut, 1896 | |
Brahmaea tancrei, the Siberian owl moth, is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Jules Léon Austaut in 1896. It is found from Russia (Amur, Siberia and in the Russian Far East[1]) to Korea and China and south to Indonesia.
Adults are on wing in April, probably in one generation per year.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare.[2]
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