Thaumetopoea pinivora
Thaumetopoea pinivora, the eastern pine processionary, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1834. It is found in southeast and central Europe and Asia Minor.
| Thaumetopoea pinivora | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | T. pinivora |
| Binomial name | |
| Thaumetopoea pinivora (Treitschke, 1834) | |
The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The moths are on wing from May to September.
The larvae feed on Pinus species.
Sources
- P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).
gollark: Oh, as in a place where you rent a computer or something? Okay, sure, that's wildly insecure and why would you ever trust that.
gollark: You also can't do that, because the designers of TLS are not entirely idiots and certificate verification exists.
gollark: What? I'm pretty sure you can't just arbitrarily read input on other people's computers, unless they have really insecure wireless keyboards.
gollark: Yes, NSFW scanning is an extremely difficult unsolved problem.
gollark: Since when have English rules been *consistent*?
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thaumetopoea pinivora. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to Thaumetopoea |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.