Thaumetopoea bonjeani

Thaumetopoea bonjeani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thaumetopoeidae
Genus: Thaumetopoea
Species: T. bonjeani
Binomial name
Thaumetopoea bonjeani
Powell, 1922

The Cedar Processionary (Thaumetopoea bonjeani) is a moth in the family Thaumetopoeidae. It is found in Morocco.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The moths are on wing from July to October.

The larvae feed on cedar species.

Sources

  • P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).


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