Lemonia taraxaci

Lemonia taraxaci
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brahmaeidae
Genus: Lemonia
Species:
L. taraxaci
Binomial name
Lemonia taraxaci
Synonyms
  • Bombyx taraxaci Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Lemonia antigone Stauder, 1902
  • Lemonia immaculata Wnukowsky, 1926
  • Lemonia montana Buresch, 1915
  • Lemonia sibirica Wnukowsky, 1934
  • Lemonia terranea Rothschild, 1909

Lemonia taraxaci, the autumn silkworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in Lemoniidae).[1] It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and it is found in south-eastern Europe.

The wingspan is 45–65 mm. The moth flies from August to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Hieracium and Taraxacum species.

References

  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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.