Processionary catarpilar of the pistachio tree

The Thaumetopoea solitaria is a Lépidoptère Notodontidae . It carries the vernacular Nom of Processionnaire of the pistachio tree in its form caterpillar, and in its form Imago, like moth, it bears the solitary name of .

  • Distribution: Turkey and Cyprus.

  • Scale of the male: from 12 to 14 Misters
  • Period of flight: from August at September.
  • Habitat: dry places.
  • Plant-hosts: Pistacia therebinthus and Cupressus sempervirens .

Sources

  • PC. - Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide of the night butterflies of Europe and North Africa . Delachaux and Niestlé (Lausanne).

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