- Graellsia isabellae
Taxobox
name = Graellsia isabellae
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Graellsia isabellae", adult male
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Saturniidae
genus = "Graellsia "
species = "G. isabellae"
binomial = "Graellsia isabellae"
binomial_authority = (Graells, 1849)
range_
range_map_width = 250px
range_map_caption = Distribution of "G. isabellae" in West EuropeThe Spanish Moon Moth ("Graellsia isabellae") is amoth of the silkmoth FamilySaturniidae .Range
The moth is native to
Spain andFrance .At the end of April and beginning of May the moth began to hatch after overwintering in the cocoon. Normally moth from the same line don´t copulate, so it is the condition that different lines are in a not too wide range.After copulation the female lay about 100 to 150 eggs on the favoured foodplant, pines.Tha larva hatch after 1 to 1,5 weeks an still begin to eat from the very hard pine "leaves".It takes about 1,5 month to see the last instar of the caterpillars. In the last instar the caterpillars go down from the tree to pupate under leaves on the ground. In this phase the puopae in the cocoon overwinters until next springtime.
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