Gastropacha populifolia
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Gastropacha populifolia | |
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Danube delta, Romania | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lasiocampidae |
Genus: | Gastropacha |
Species: | G. populifolia
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Binomial name | |
Gastropacha populifolia (Esper, 1784)
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Synonyms | |
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Gastropacha populifolia, the poplar lappet, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe, through Russia, India and China up to Japan.
The wingspan is 45–65 mm for males and 65–80 mm for females. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Populus and willow species.
Subspecies
- Gastropacha populifolia populifolia
- Gastropacha populifolia angustipennis (Walker, 1855)
- Gastropacha populifolia mephisto Zolotuhin, 2005
External links
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- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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- schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
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- Lasiocampidae
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- Moths of Japan
- Moths of Europe
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- Taxa named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
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