Psilogaster

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Psilogaster loti
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.

Larva

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


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