🦋Pine processionary

Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermüller) , 1776

The pine processionary is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae, known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous forests. The species was first described scientifically by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775, though it was known to the ancients, with remedies described by Theophrastus, Dioscorides and Pliny the Elder. Its processionary behaviour was described in 1916 by the French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre. It is one of the most destructive species to pines and cedars in Central Asia, North Africa and southern Europe.

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Thaumetopoea pityocampa (es), Processionnaire du pin (fr), Çam keseböceği (tr), processionària del pi (ca), Thaumetopoea pityocampa (it), Pinien-Prozessionsspinner (de) … and 15 more languages

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