Brahmaea europaea (Hartig, 1963)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Brahmaeidae → genus Brahmaea → subgenus Acanthobrahmaea → species Brahmaea europaea

Species name(s)

Brahmaea (Acanthobrahmaea) europaea (Hartig, 1963) = Acanthobrahmea europaea Hartig, 1963 = Acanthobrahmaea europaea (Hartig, 1963). [9, 10, 85]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Wingspan

50—70 mm.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Acanthobrahmea europaea. [85].

Distribution

Italy. [1].
Italy (mainland). [10].
Italy. The forests along the banks of a volcanic lake in Lucania.
It is protected by law. [125].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 50-70 mm [125].

Larva food plants / other food objects

European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) [125].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[125] David Carter "Butterflies and Moths". Dorling Kindersley Limited, 9 Henrietta Street, London, 1992.

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