Clytie sancta

Clytie sancta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1898. It is found in the deserts of North Africa, from the central parts of the Sahara to the Arabian Peninsula.

Clytie sancta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Clytie
Species:	C. sancta
Binomial name
Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1898)

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

The larvae feed on Tamarix species.

External links

• Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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