Thaumetopoea solitaria

Thaumetopoea solitaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thaumetopoeidae
Genus: Thaumatopoea
Species: T. solitaria
Binomial name
Thaumatopoea solitaria
(Freyer, 1838)

Thaumetopoea solitaria is a moth of the Thaumetopoeidae family. It is found in Anatolia (including Turkey), on Cyprus, east to Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran.

The wingspan is 20–28 mm for males and 25–35 mm for females. The moths are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Pistacia terebinthus, Cupressus sempervirens and Fraxinus.

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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