Lemonia taraxaci

Lemonia taraxaci, the autumn silkworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in Lemoniidae).[1] It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and it is found in south-eastern Europe.

Lemonia taraxaci
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brahmaeidae
Genus: Lemonia
Species:
L. taraxaci
Binomial name
Lemonia taraxaci
Synonyms
  • Bombyx taraxaci Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Lemonia antigone Stauder, 1902
  • Lemonia immaculata Wnukowsky, 1926
  • Lemonia montana Buresch, 1915
  • Lemonia sibirica Wnukowsky, 1934
  • Lemonia terranea Rothschild, 1909

The wingspan is 45–65 mm. The moth flies from August to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Hieracium and Taraxacum species.

References
  1. Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236


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