Thaumetopoeidae

Taxobox
name = Thaumetopoeidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = A male Pine Processionary moth ("Thaumetopoea pityocampa")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Thaumetopoeidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Ochrogaster"
"Thaumetopoea"

Thaumetopoeidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. The genera in this family are sometimes included in the family Notodontidae instead.

The larval stage of the Thaumetopoeidae are known as processionary caterpillars, so named because they move in columns in search of food, resembling a procession. Some of the species, like the Oak Processionary, can constitute a health hazard.

Pine Processionary ("Thaumetopoea pityocampa")