Dark gray tooth spinner

Dark gray tooth spinner
	Dark gray toothed spinner ( Drymonia ruficornis ).
Systematics
Class :	Insects (Insecta)
Order :	Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family :	Toothed Moth (Notodontidae)
Subfamily :	Notodontinae
Genre :	Drymonia (tooth spinner)
Type :	Dark gray tooth spinner
Scientific name
	Drymonia ruficornis
	( Hufnagel , 1766)

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Caterpillar

The dark gray toothed spinner ( Drymonia ruficornis ) is a butterfly from the family of toothed spinners (Notodontidae).

Similar species

Unsullied toothed spinner ( Drymonia dodonaea ) (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Schwarzeck toothed spinner ( Drymonia obliterata ) (Esper, 1785)
White banded tooth spinner ( Drymonia querna ) (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Southern tooth spinner ( Drymonia velitaris ) (Hufnagel, 1766)

The caterpillars feed on oak trees ( Quercus spec.).

The dark gray toothed spinner forms a generation that flies from April to May. The caterpillars can be seen from late May to June.

Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 4: Moths. 2. Special Part: Bombycidae, Endromidae, Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Drepanidae, Notodontidae, Dilobidae, Lymantriidae, Ctenuchidae, Nolidae. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-800-13474-8 .
Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke: We identify butterflies. 3. Edition. Neumann, Radebeul 1991, ISBN 3-7402-0092-8 .
Bernard Skinner: Color Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles. (Macrolepidoptera). 2nd edition. Viking, London et al. 1998, ISBN 0-670-87978-9 .

↑ Fauna Europaea Web Service (2005) Fauna Europaea version 1.2 (March 7, 2005), online: https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e442987c-9334-474c-ac9a-b6b626d10f85 (accessed October 12 2006)
^ Butterflies of Germany, online http://www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de/start.php (accessed on October 12, 2006)

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