Biology:Lemonia philopalus

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Short description: Species of moth

Lemonia philopalus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brahmaeidae
Genus: Lemonia
Species:
L. philopalus
Binomial name
Lemonia philopalus
(Donzel, 1842)
Map-Lemonia-philopalus.svg
Synonyms
  • Bombyx philopalus Donzel, 1842
  • Lemonia phantasma Marten, 1955

Lemonia philopalus is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in Lemoniidae).[1] It is found from Spain up to Egypt and North Africa.

The wingspan is 50–65 millimetres (2.0–2.6 in).[2] The moth flies from October to February depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Hieracium and Sonchus species.

Subspecies

  • Lemonia philopalus philopalus
  • Lemonia philopalus vasquezi Oberthür, 1916

Sources

  1. Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
  2. Patrice Leraut (2006). Moths of Europe: Saturnids, lasiocampids, hawkmoths, tiger moths. N.A.P. Editions. p. 144. ISBN 9782913688070. https://books.google.com/books?id=jvVNAAAAYAAJ&q=Lemonia+philopalus. 
  • P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2909765 entry