Psilogaster

Psilogaster
Psilogaster
Psilogaster loti (El Mas de Bondia, Catalonia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Psilogaster
Reichenbach, 1817
Species: P. loti
Binomial name
Psilogaster loti
(Ochsenheimer, 1810)[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Diplura Rambur, 1866
  • Dipluriella Strand, 1910

Species:

  • Gastropacha loti Ochsenheimer, 1810
  • Dipluriella loti
  • Psilogaster brunnea Oberthür, 1900
  • Psilogaster vernetensis Oberthür, 1916
  • Psilogaster homochroa Zerny, 1927
  • Psilogaster claussi Dionisio, 1977

Psilogaster is a genus of moth in the Lasiocampidae family .[2][3][4] It contains only one species, Psilogaster loti, which is found in south-western Europe and North Africa.

The wingspan is 27-35 mm.[5]

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)

External links

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ itis.gov
  3. ^ nomen.at
  4. ^ data.gbif.org
  5. ^ lepiforum.de
Stub icon This article on a moth of the Lasiocampidae family is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.