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Thaumetopoea solitaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Thaumetopoeidae

Scientific name
  
Thaumatopoea solitaria

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Thaumatopoea

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
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Thaumetopoea solitaria is a moth of the Thaumetopoeidae family. It is found in Anatolia (including Turkey), on Cyprus, east to Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran.

The wingspan is 20–28 mm for males and 25–35 mm for females. The moths are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Pistacia therebinthus, Cupressus sempervirens and Fraxinus.

References

Thaumetopoea solitaria Wikipedia