Biology:Psilogaster
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lasiocampidae |
| Subfamily: | Lasiocampinae |
| Genus: | Psilogaster Reichenbach, 1817 |
| Species: | P. loti
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| Psilogaster loti (Ochsenheimer, 1810)[1]
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Psilogaster is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Reichenbach in 1817.[2] Its only species, Psilogaster loti, described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1810, is found in south-western Europe and North Africa.[3]
The larvae feed on Cistus salvifolius, Cistus albidus, Cistus populifolius, Cistus ladanifer, Cistus laurifolius, Cistus clusii and possibly Rosmarinus officinalis and Helianthemum.
Subspecies
- Psilogaster loti loti
- Psilogaster loti algeriensis Baker, 1885 (Morocco to Libya)
- Psilogaster loti simulatrix Chrétien, 1910 (Tunisia, Libya)
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Nomen.at
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Psilogaster Reichenbach, 1817". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/lasiocampidae/lasiocampinae/psilogaster/. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ↑ Lepiforum.de
Wikidata ☰ Q7255967 entry
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