The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The forewings are grey or dark grey, whitish-sprinkled. The lines are white, internally blackish-edged, the first curved, the second twice sinuate. The subterminal line is indicated by an irregular whitish suffusion. The hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly with a cloudy pale or whitish median line, anteriorly edged with dark grey. The larva is black, grey, or whitish marked with black, hairs reddish-brown. In pale specimens there is an irregular dark dorsal band; subdorsal series of brown-red spots, sometimes separated by whitish ochreous spots.[1]
Trichiura crataegi lasistana (mountains of north-eastern Anatolia)
?Trichiura crataegi anatolica (Anatolia)
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trichiura, crataegi, pale, eggar, pale, eggar, moth, family, lasiocampidae, first, described, carl, linnaeus, 1758, 10th, edition, systema, naturae, found, europe, except, iceland, east, anatolia, east, across, palearctic, amur, femalemalescientific, classific. Trichiura crataegi the pale eggar or pale oak eggar is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae It is found in all of Europe except Iceland east to Anatolia and east across the Palearctic to Amur Trichiura crataegiFemaleMaleScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily LasiocampidaeGenus TrichiuraSpecies T crataegiBinomial nameTrichiura crataegi Linnaeus 1758 SynonymsPhalaena crataegi Linnaeus 1758 Trichiura vallisincola Daniel 1956 Trichiura griseotincta Daniel 1956 Trichiura albicans Daniel 1956 Bombyx ariae Hubner 1824 LarvaFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms The wingspan is 25 30 mm The forewings are grey or dark grey whitish sprinkled The lines are white internally blackish edged the first curved the second twice sinuate The subterminal line is indicated by an irregular whitish suffusion The hindwings are light grey darker posteriorly with a cloudy pale or whitish median line anteriorly edged with dark grey The larva is black grey or whitish marked with black hairs reddish brown In pale specimens there is an irregular dark dorsal band subdorsal series of brown red spots sometimes separated by whitish ochreous spots 1 Adults are on wing from August to September The larvae feed on various plants and trees including Betula verrucosa Betula pubescens Betula nana Alnus incana Salix species including Salix lapponum Salix hastata Salix repens Salix starkeana Salix caprea and Salix phylicifolia Populus tremula Sorbus aucuparia Crataegus species Prunus padus Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum Subspecies editTrichiura crataegi crataegi Trichiura crataegi borealis northern Fennoscandia Trichiura crataegi lasistana mountains of north eastern Anatolia Trichiura crataegi anatolica Anatolia References edit Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and descriptionExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trichiura crataegi nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Trichiura crataegi Pale eggar at UKMoths Fauna Europaea Lepiforum de Vlindernet nl in Dutch nbsp This article on a moth of the family Lasiocampidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trichiura crataegi amp oldid 1133023642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
