{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image =Zygaenidae - Adscita species (male) .JPG | image_caption =''Adscita'' species, male | taxon = Adscita | authority = Retzius, 1783 | synonyms = * ''Procris'' <small>Fabricius, 1807</small> * ''Ino'' <small>Leach, [1815]</small> }}
'''''Adscita''''' is a palaearctic genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae, raised by the Swedish entomologist, Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783. The larvae feed on Cistaceae, Compositae, Globulariaceae and Polygonaceae.<ref name="mbgbi2">{{cite book |last1=Tremewan |first1=W G |editor1-last=Emmet |editor1-first=A Maitland |editor2-last=Heath |editor2-first=John |editor1-link=A. Maitland Emmet |editor2-link=John Heath (entomologist) |title=Zygaenidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2 |date=1985 |publisher=Harley Books |location=Colchester |isbn=0-946589-19-4 |pages=74-78}}</ref>
==Selected species== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * Subgenus ''Procriterna'' <small>Efetov & Tarmann, 2004</small> ** ''Adscita amaura'' <small>(Staudinger, 1887)</small> ** ''Adscita pligori'' <small>Efetov, 2012</small> ** ''Adscita subdolosa'' <small>(Staudinger, 1887)</small> ** ''Adscita subtristis'' <small>(Staudinger, 1887)</small> * Subgenus ''Adscita'' <small>Retzius, 1783</small> ** ''Adscita albanica'' <small>(Naufock, 1926)</small> ** ''Adscita alpina'' <small>(Alberti, 1937)</small> ** ''Adscita bolivari'' <small>(Agenjo, 1937)</small> ** ''Adscita capitalis'' <small>(Staudinger, 1879)</small> ** ''Adscita dujardini'' <small>Efetov & Tarmann, 2014</small> ** ''Adscita geryon'' <small>(Hübner, [1813])</small> ** ''Adscita italica'' <small>(Alberti, 1937)</small> ** ''Adscita jordani'' <small>(Naufock, 1921)</small> ** ''Adscita krymensis'' <small>Efetov, 1994</small> ** ''Adscita mannii'' <small>(Lederer, 1853)</small> ** ''Adscita mauretanica'' <small>(Naufock, 1932)</small> ** ''Adscita obscura'' <small>(Zeller, 1847)</small> ** ''Adscita schmidti'' <small>(Naufock, 1933)</small> ** ''Adscita statices'' – green forester <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> {{div col end}}
==Etymology== Adscita from ''adscitus'', meaning adopted or enrolled was originally a Carl Linnaeus name. Linnaeus divided the hawk-moths into four groups, three of which he called the true hawk-moths and the fourth, ″a group of seven hangers-on, in default of a better position″. In 1783 Retzius was the first to use ''Adscita'' as a genus and he kept two of these moths in the ''Adscita'', i.e. ''statices'' and ''filipendulae'' (which was later assigned to ''Zygaena''. Of the two synonyms for ''Adscita''; the Danish zoologist, Fabricius erected ''Procris'' as a genus in 1807. Procris was the daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Cephalus.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Emmet |first1=A Maitland |author1-link=A. Maitland Emmet |title=The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning |date=1991 |publisher=Harley Books |location=Colchester |isbn=0-946589-35-6 |pages=51–52}}</ref> A second synonyom is ''Ino''.{{Clarify|reason=The reference does not mention Ino|date=November 2025}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/zygaenoidea/zygaenidae/procridinae/adscita/index.html ''Adscita''] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and some other life forms''
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Category:Procridinae Category:Zygaenidae genera Category:Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius
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