Psilogaster | |
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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] |
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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 larvae feed on Cistus salvifolius, Cistus albidus, Cistus populifolius, Cistus ladanifer, Cistus laurifolius, Cistus clusii and possibly Rosmarinus officinalis and Helianthemum.